#A42E22#A42E22

#A42E22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.156 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E22
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 34)
HSL	hsl(6, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(6, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 79.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.78, 47.56, 35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.78, 59.28, 36.66°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% 0.1357 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.156 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5775, 9.9645, 2.5635)
Luminance	0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E22 #2298A4

analogous

#A42257 #A42E22 #A46F22

triadic

#A42E22 #22A42E #2E22A4

tetradic

#A42E22 #57A422 #2298A4 #6F22A4

square

#A42E22 #57A422 #2298A4 #6F22A4

split-complementary

#A42E22 #22A46F #2257A4

monochromatic

#3F120D #712017 #A42E22 #D43E2F #DE6D62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A42E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A42E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E22

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E22	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)

#514820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.156 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76f5e',
    500: '#a42e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e22;
$custom-light: #c76f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.538,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48185,
    "c": 0.15624,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E22

secondary

#5EBAC4

accent

#D9E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E22

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

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