#A42C2E#A42C2E

#A42C2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.156 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C2E
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 46)
HSL	hsl(359, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(359, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.65, 48.82, 28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.65, 56.39, 30.03°)
OKLab	oklab(48.14% 0.1423 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(48.14% 0.156 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7055, 9.8937, 3.6143)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C2E #2CA4A2

analogous

#A42C6A #A42C2E #A4662C

triadic

#A42C2E #2EA42C #2C2EA4

tetradic

#A42C2E #6AA42C #2CA4A2 #662CA4

square

#A42C2E #6AA42C #2CA4A2 #662CA4

split-complementary

#A42C2E #2CA466 #2C6AA4

monochromatic

#431213 #741F20 #A42C2E #CC4143 #D97173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A42C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C2E

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C2E	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F482D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D622A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.156 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e67',
    500: '#a42c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c2e;
$custom-light: #c76e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48136,
    "c": 0.15633,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C2E

secondary

#6BC0BF

accent

#E1DE47

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C2E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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