#A42E24#A42E24

#A42E24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.156 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E24
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 36)
HSL	hsl(5, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 78%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.80, 47.63, 34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.80, 58.69, 35.75°)
OKLab	oklab(48.21% 0.1364 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(48.21% 0.156 29)
XYZ	xyz(16.6072, 9.9764, 2.7199)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E24 #249AA4

analogous

#A4245A #A42E24 #A46E24

triadic

#A42E24 #24A42E #2E24A4

tetradic

#A42E24 #5AA424 #249AA4 #6E24A4

square

#A42E24 #5AA424 #249AA4 #6E24A4

split-complementary

#A42E24 #24A46E #245AA4

monochromatic

#40120E #722019 #A42E24 #D23F33 #DD6F65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A42E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A42E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E24

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E24	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)

#514922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.156 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76f5f',
    500: '#a42e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e24;
$custom-light: #c76f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.688,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48207,
    "c": 0.15591,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.09974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E24

secondary

#61BBC3

accent

#DAE741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E24

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

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