#A42F2E#A42F2E

#A42F2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.153 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42F2E
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 46)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.07, 47.68, 28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.07, 55.66, 31.06°)
OKLab	oklab(48.45% 0.1387 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(48.45% 0.153 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8214, 10.1253, 3.6529)
Luminance	0.1012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42F2E #2EA3A4

analogous

#A42E68 #A42F2E #A46A2E

triadic

#A42F2E #2EA42F #2F2EA4

tetradic

#A42F2E #68A42E #2EA3A4 #6A2EA4

square

#A42F2E #68A42E #2EA3A4 #6A2EA4

split-complementary

#A42F2E #2EA46A #2E68A4

monochromatic

#441413 #742121 #A42F2E #CB4645 #D87574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#A42F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A42F2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42F2E

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42F2E	1.00	6.94	3.02	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E632A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40530

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.153 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77067',
    500: '#a42f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42f2e;
$custom-light: #c77067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.508,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48446,
    "c": 0.15349,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42F2E

secondary

#6EBFC0

accent

#DEDF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42F2E

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

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