#A42D1E#A42D1E

#A42D1E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.158 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42D1E
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 30)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(7, 82%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 81.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.60, 47.80, 37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.60, 60.70, 38.05°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% 0.1357 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.158 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4845, 9.8656, 2.2643)
Luminance	0.0986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42D1E #1E95A4

analogous

#A41E52 #A42D1E #A4701E

triadic

#A42D1E #1EA42D #2D1EA4

tetradic

#A42D1E #52A41E #1E95A4 #701EA4

square

#A42D1E #52A41E #1E95A4 #701EA4

split-complementary

#A42D1E #1EA470 #1E52A4

monochromatic

#3D110B #701F15 #A42D1E #D83B28 #E16A5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A42D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A42D1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42D1E

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42D1E	1.00	7.06	2.97	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51481B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.158 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86e5b',
    500: '#a42d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42d1e;
$custom-light: #c86e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.716,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48039,
    "c": 0.15777,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42D1E

secondary

#59B9C5

accent

#D8EC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42D1E

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

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