#A42E25#A42E25

#A42E25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.156 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E25
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 37)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 77.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.81, 47.67, 33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.81, 58.40, 35.29°)
OKLab	oklab(48.22% 0.1367 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(48.22% 0.156 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6227, 9.9826, 2.8015)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E25 #259BA4

analogous

#A4255C #A42E25 #A46E25

triadic

#A42E25 #25A42E #2E25A4

tetradic

#A42E25 #5CA425 #259BA4 #6E25A4

square

#A42E25 #5CA425 #259BA4 #6E25A4

split-complementary

#A42E25 #25A46E #255CA4

monochromatic

#40120E #72201A #A42E25 #D14035 #DD6F67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A42E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A42E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E25

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E25	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.156 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76f60',
    500: '#a42e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e25;
$custom-light: #c76f60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.252,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48219,
    "c": 0.15575,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E25

secondary

#62BCC2

accent

#DBE642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E25

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

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