#A42D26#A42D26

#A42D26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.157 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42D26
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(3, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.68, 48.09, 33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.68, 58.34, 34.47°)
OKLab	oklab(48.13% 0.1382 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(48.13% 0.157 28)
XYZ	xyz(16.6000, 9.9118, 2.8724)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42D26 #269DA4

analogous

#A4265E #A42D26 #A46C26

triadic

#A42D26 #26A42D #2D26A4

tetradic

#A42D26 #5EA426 #269DA4 #6C26A4

square

#A42D26 #5EA426 #269DA4 #6C26A4

split-complementary

#A42D26 #26A46C #265EA4

monochromatic

#41120F #721F1A #A42D26 #D13F37 #DC6F68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A42D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42D26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42D26

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42D26	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.157 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e61',
    500: '#a42d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42d26;
$custom-light: #c76e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48128,
    "c": 0.1565,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.09909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42D26

secondary

#64BDC2

accent

#DCE542

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42D26

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

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