#A42D2F#A42D2F

#A42D2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.155 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42D2F
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 47)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(359, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 71.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.80, 48.50, 27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.80, 55.90, 29.82°)
OKLab	oklab(48.25% 0.1415 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(48.25% 0.155 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.7632, 9.9770, 3.7319)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42D2F #2DA4A2

analogous

#A42D6A #A42D2F #A4662D

triadic

#A42D2F #2FA42D #2D2FA4

tetradic

#A42D2F #6AA42D #2DA4A2 #662DA4

square

#A42D2F #6AA42D #2DA4A2 #662DA4

split-complementary

#A42D2F #2DA466 #2D6AA4

monochromatic

#441313 #742021 #A42D2F #CB4345 #D97375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A42D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A42D2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42D2F

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42D2F	1.00	7.01	2.99	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F492E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D622B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.155 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76f67',
    500: '#a42d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42d2f;
$custom-light: #c76f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.992,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48253,
    "c": 0.15527,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42D2F

secondary

#6DC0BF

accent

#E0DE48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42D2F

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

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