#A42C2F#A42C2F

#A42C2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.156 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C2F
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 47)
HSL	hsl(359, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(359, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 71.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.67, 48.87, 27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.67, 56.14, 29.48°)
OKLab	oklab(48.15% 0.1427 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(48.15% 0.156 24)
XYZ	xyz(16.7255, 9.9016, 3.7193)
Luminance	0.0990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C2F #2CA4A1

analogous

#A42C6B #A42C2F #A4652C

triadic

#A42C2F #2FA42C #2C2FA4

tetradic

#A42C2F #6BA42C #2CA4A1 #652CA4

square

#A42C2F #6BA42C #2CA4A1 #652CA4

split-complementary

#A42C2F #2CA465 #2C6BA4

monochromatic

#431213 #741F21 #A42C2F #CC4145 #D97174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A42C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42C2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C2F

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C2F	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)

#4F482E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D622B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.156 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e67',
    500: '#a42c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c2f;
$custom-light: #c76e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48152,
    "c": 0.1562,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.09899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C2F

secondary

#6BC0BE

accent

#E1DD47

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C2F

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

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