#A42D23#A42D23

#A42D23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.157 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42D23
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 35)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.65, 47.97, 34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.65, 59.21, 35.88°)
OKLab	oklab(48.09% 0.1373 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(48.09% 0.157 29)
XYZ	xyz(16.5535, 9.8932, 2.6277)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42D23 #239AA4

analogous

#A4235A #A42D23 #A46E23

triadic

#A42D23 #23A42D #2D23A4

tetradic

#A42D23 #5AA423 #239AA4 #6E23A4

square

#A42D23 #5AA423 #239AA4 #6E23A4

split-complementary

#A42D23 #23A46E #235AA4

monochromatic

#3F110D #721F18 #A42D23 #D33E31 #DE6D64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A42D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42D23

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42D23	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)

#504821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.157 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e5f',
    500: '#a42d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42d23;
$custom-light: #c76e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.651,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48092,
    "c": 0.15697,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.09891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42D23

secondary

#60BBC3

accent

#DBE840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42D23

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

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