#A7242E#A7242E

#A7242E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.166 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7242E
RGB	rgb(167, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 72.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.26, 52.50, 27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.26, 59.46, 27.99°)
OKLab	oklab(47.95% 0.1536 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(47.95% 0.166 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0623, 9.6772, 3.5537)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7242E #24A79D

analogous

#A7246F #A7242E #A75C24

triadic

#A7242E #2EA724 #242EA7

tetradic

#A7242E #6FA724 #24A79D #5C24A7

square

#A7242E #6FA724 #24A79D #5C24A7

split-complementary

#A7242E #24A75C #246FA7

monochromatic

#420E12 #751920 #A7242E #D33541 #DE6770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#A7242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A7242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7242E

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7242E	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C622A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.166 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b66',
    500: '#a7242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7242e;
$custom-light: #c96b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.42,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47949,
    "c": 0.16634,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7242E

secondary

#63C4BD

accent

#E8DB40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7242E

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

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