#A7242F#A7242F

#A7242F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.166 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7242F
RGB	rgb(167, 36, 47)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 71.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.27, 52.55, 27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.27, 59.22, 27.46°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% 0.154 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.166 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0823, 9.6851, 3.6587)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7242F #24A79C

analogous

#A72470 #A7242F #A75B24

triadic

#A7242F #2FA724 #242FA7

tetradic

#A7242F #70A724 #24A79C #5B24A7

square

#A7242F #70A724 #24A79C #5B24A7

split-complementary

#A7242F #24A75B #2470A7

monochromatic

#420E13 #751921 #A7242F #D33542 #DE6771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A7242F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A7242F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7242F

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7242F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7242F	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C622B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7242f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 36, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.166 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b67',
    500: '#a7242f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7242f;
$custom-light: #c96b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7242f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.962,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47965,
    "c": 0.16625,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7242F

secondary

#63C4BC

accent

#E8D940

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7242F

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

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