#A42D2C#A42D2C

#A42D2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.156 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42D2C
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 44)
HSL	hsl(1, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.76, 48.35, 29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.76, 56.67, 31.44°)
OKLab	oklab(48.21% 0.1404 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(48.21% 0.156 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7047, 9.9537, 3.4240)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42D2C #2CA3A4

analogous

#A42C67 #A42D2C #A4692C

triadic

#A42D2C #2CA42D #2D2CA4

tetradic

#A42D2C #67A42C #2CA3A4 #692CA4

square

#A42D2C #67A42C #2CA3A4 #692CA4

split-complementary

#A42D2C #2CA469 #2C67A4

monochromatic

#431312 #74201F #A42D2C #CC4241 #D97271

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A42D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A42D2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42D2C

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42D2C	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F482B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.156 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76f65',
    500: '#a42d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42d2c;
$custom-light: #c76f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48208,
    "c": 0.15564,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42D2C

secondary

#6BC0C0

accent

#E0E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42D2C

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

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