#A42D24#A42D24

#A42D24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.157 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42D24
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 36)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 78%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.66, 48.01, 34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.66, 58.92, 35.42°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% 0.1376 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.157 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5686, 9.8992, 2.7070)
Luminance	0.0990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42D24 #249BA4

analogous

#A4245B #A42D24 #A46D24

triadic

#A42D24 #24A42D #2D24A4

tetradic

#A42D24 #5BA424 #249BA4 #6D24A4

square

#A42D24 #5BA424 #249BA4 #6D24A4

split-complementary

#A42D24 #24A46D #245BA4

monochromatic

#40110E #721F19 #A42D24 #D23E33 #DD6E65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A42D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42D24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42D24

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42D24	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)

#504822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.157 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e5f',
    500: '#a42d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42d24;
$custom-light: #c76e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.219,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48103,
    "c": 0.15681,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42D24

secondary

#61BCC3

accent

#DBE741

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42D24

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

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