#A42F25#A42F25

#A42F25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.155 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42F25
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 37)
HSL	hsl(5, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 77.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.95, 47.28, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.95, 58.17, 35.63°)
OKLab	oklab(48.33% 0.1355 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(48.33% 0.155 29)
XYZ	xyz(16.6622, 10.0616, 2.8146)
Luminance	0.1006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42F25 #259AA4

analogous

#A4255B #A42F25 #A46E25

triadic

#A42F25 #25A42F #2F25A4

tetradic

#A42F25 #5BA425 #259AA4 #6E25A4

square

#A42F25 #5BA425 #259AA4 #6E25A4

split-complementary

#A42F25 #25A46E #255BA4

monochromatic

#40120E #72211A #A42F25 #D14135 #DD7067

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#A42F25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A42F25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42F25

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42F25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42F25	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42f25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.155 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76f60',
    500: '#a42f25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42f25;
$custom-light: #c76f60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42f25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.724,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48325,
    "c": 0.15484,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.10059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42F25

secondary

#62BBC2

accent

#D9E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42F25

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

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