#A42E2E#A42E2E

#A42E2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.154 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E2E
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 46)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(0, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.93, 48.07, 28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.93, 55.90, 30.71°)
OKLab	oklab(48.34% 0.1399 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(48.34% 0.154 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7818, 10.0463, 3.6397)
Luminance	0.1004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E2E #2EA4A4

analogous

#A42E69 #A42E2E #A4692E

triadic

#A42E2E #2EA42E #2E2EA4

tetradic

#A42E2E #69A42E #2EA4A4 #692EA4

square

#A42E2E #69A42E #2EA4A4 #692EA4

split-complementary

#A42E2E #2EA469 #2E69A4

monochromatic

#441313 #742121 #A42E2E #CB4545 #D87474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#A42E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A42E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E2E

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E2E	1.00	6.98	3.01	6.98
#FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50492D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D632A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4012F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.154 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76f67',
    500: '#a42e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e2e;
$custom-light: #c76f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48341,
    "c": 0.15444,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E2E

secondary

#6EC0C0

accent

#DFDF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E2E

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

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