#A42D1F#A42D1F

#A42D1F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.158 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42D1F
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 31)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(6, 81%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 81.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.61, 47.83, 36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.61, 60.40, 37.64°)
OKLab	oklab(48.05% 0.136 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(48.05% 0.158 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4975, 9.8708, 2.3326)
Luminance	0.0987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42D1F #1F96A4

analogous

#A41F53 #A42D1F #A46F1F

triadic

#A42D1F #1FA42D #2D1FA4

tetradic

#A42D1F #53A41F #1F96A4 #6F1FA4

square

#A42D1F #53A41F #1F96A4 #6F1FA4

split-complementary

#A42D1F #1FA46F #1F53A4

monochromatic

#3D110C #711F15 #A42D1F #D73C2A #E06B5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A42D1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A42D1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42D1F

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42D1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42D1F	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)

#51481C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42d1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.158 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86e5c',
    500: '#a42d1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42d1f;
$custom-light: #c86e5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42d1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 68.205,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48049,
    "c": 0.15761,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42D1F

secondary

#5AB9C5

accent

#D9EB3D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42D1F

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

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