#A42E29#A42E29

#A42E29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.155 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E29
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 75%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.86, 47.83, 31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.86, 57.25, 33.33°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% 0.1381 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.155 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6890, 10.0091, 3.1506)
Luminance	0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E29 #299FA4

analogous

#A42961 #A42E29 #A46B29

triadic

#A42E29 #29A42E #2E29A4

tetradic

#A42E29 #61A429 #299FA4 #6B29A4

square

#A42E29 #61A429 #299FA4 #6B29A4

split-complementary

#A42E29 #29A46B #2961A4

monochromatic

#421311 #73201D #A42E29 #CE423C #DA716D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#A42E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A42E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E29

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E29	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.155 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76f63',
    500: '#a42e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e29;
$custom-light: #c76f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.439,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4827,
    "c": 0.15514,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E29

secondary

#68BEC1

accent

#DDE345

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E29

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

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