#A42D25#A42D25

#A42D25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.157 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42D25
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 37)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 77.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.67, 48.05, 33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.67, 58.63, 34.95°)
OKLab	oklab(48.12% 0.1379 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(48.12% 0.157 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5841, 9.9054, 2.7886)
Luminance	0.0990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42D25 #259CA4

analogous

#A4255C #A42D25 #A46D25

triadic

#A42D25 #25A42D #2D25A4

tetradic

#A42D25 #5CA425 #259CA4 #6D25A4

square

#A42D25 #5CA425 #259CA4 #6D25A4

split-complementary

#A42D25 #25A46D #255CA4

monochromatic

#40120E #721F1A #A42D25 #D13F35 #DD6E67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A42D25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42D25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42D25

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42D25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42D25	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)

#504823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42d25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.157 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e60',
    500: '#a42d25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42d25;
$custom-light: #c76e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42d25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.78,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48115,
    "c": 0.15666,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42D25

secondary

#62BCC2

accent

#DCE642

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42D25

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

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