#A42E26#A42E26

#A42E26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.156 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E26
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 38)
HSL	hsl(4, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(4, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.82, 47.71, 33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.82, 58.11, 34.81°)
OKLab	oklab(48.23% 0.137 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(48.23% 0.156 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6386, 9.9890, 2.8853)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E26 #269CA4

analogous

#A4265D #A42E26 #A46D26

triadic

#A42E26 #26A42E #2E26A4

tetradic

#A42E26 #5DA426 #269CA4 #6D26A4

square

#A42E26 #5DA426 #269CA4 #6D26A4

split-complementary

#A42E26 #26A46D #265DA4

monochromatic

#41120F #72201A #A42E26 #D14037 #DC7068

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A42E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A42E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E26

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E26	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)

#514924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.156 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76f61',
    500: '#a42e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e26;
$custom-light: #c76f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.81,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48232,
    "c": 0.15559,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E26

secondary

#64BCC2

accent

#DBE542

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E26

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

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