#A42F2A#A42F2A

#A42F2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.154 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42F2A
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 42)
HSL	hsl(2, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.01, 47.49, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.01, 56.74, 33.17°)
OKLab	oklab(48.39% 0.1372 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(48.39% 0.154 27)
XYZ	xyz(16.7462, 10.0952, 3.2568)
Luminance	0.1009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42F2A #2A9FA4

analogous

#A42A62 #A42F2A #A46C2A

triadic

#A42F2A #2AA42F #2F2AA4

tetradic

#A42F2A #62A42A #2A9FA4 #6C2AA4

square

#A42F2A #62A42A #2A9FA4 #6C2AA4

split-complementary

#A42F2A #2AA46C #2A62A4

monochromatic

#431311 #73211E #A42F2A #CD443E #DA736E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A42F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A42F2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42F2A

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42F2A	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)

#514928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5032F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.154 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77064',
    500: '#a42f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42f2a;
$custom-light: #c77064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.459,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48389,
    "c": 0.15405,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.10093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42F2A

secondary

#69BDC1

accent

#DCE245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42F2A

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

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