#A42D22#A42D22

#A42D22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.157 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42D22
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 34)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 79.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.64, 47.94, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.64, 59.51, 36.33°)
OKLab	oklab(48.08% 0.1369 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(48.08% 0.157 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5389, 9.8873, 2.5507)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42D22 #2299A4

analogous

#A42258 #A42D22 #A46E22

triadic

#A42D22 #22A42D #2D22A4

tetradic

#A42D22 #58A422 #2299A4 #6E22A4

square

#A42D22 #58A422 #2299A4 #6E22A4

split-complementary

#A42D22 #22A46E #2258A4

monochromatic

#3F110D #711F17 #A42D22 #D43D2F #DE6C62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A42D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42D22

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42D22	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)

#504820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.157 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86e5e',
    500: '#a42d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42d22;
$custom-light: #c86e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.077,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48081,
    "c": 0.15713,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42D22

secondary

#5EBBC4

accent

#DAE93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42D22

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

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