#A42F24#A42F24

#A42F24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.155 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42F24
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 36)
HSL	hsl(5, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 78%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.94, 47.24, 34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.94, 58.46, 36.10°)
OKLab	oklab(48.31% 0.1352 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(48.31% 0.155 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6467, 10.0554, 2.7331)
Luminance	0.1005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42F24 #2499A4

analogous

#A42459 #A42F24 #A46F24

triadic

#A42F24 #24A42F #2F24A4

tetradic

#A42F24 #59A424 #2499A4 #6F24A4

square

#A42F24 #59A424 #2499A4 #6F24A4

split-complementary

#A42F24 #24A46F #2459A4

monochromatic

#40120E #722119 #A42F24 #D24133 #DD6F65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#A42F24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A42F24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42F24

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42F24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42F24	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)

#514922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E631F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42f24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.155 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76f60',
    500: '#a42f24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42f24;
$custom-light: #c76f60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42f24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.156,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48313,
    "c": 0.155,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42F24

secondary

#61BAC3

accent

#D9E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42F24

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

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