#A42F29#A42F29

#A42F29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.154 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42F29
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 41)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 75%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.00, 47.45, 31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.00, 57.02, 33.68°)
OKLab	oklab(48.38% 0.1369 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(48.38% 0.154 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7285, 10.0882, 3.1638)
Luminance	0.1009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42F29 #299EA4

analogous

#A42960 #A42F29 #A46D29

triadic

#A42F29 #29A42F #2F29A4

tetradic

#A42F29 #60A429 #299EA4 #6D29A4

square

#A42F29 #60A429 #299EA4 #6D29A4

split-complementary

#A42F29 #29A46D #2960A4

monochromatic

#421311 #73211D #A42F29 #CE433C #DA726D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A42F29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A42F29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42F29

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42F29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42F29	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5022F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42f29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.154 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76f63',
    500: '#a42f29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42f29;
$custom-light: #c76f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42f29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.927,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48376,
    "c": 0.15421,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42F29

secondary

#68BDC1

accent

#DBE345

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42F29

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

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