#A42138#A42138

#A42138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.165 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42138
RGB	rgb(164, 33, 56)
HSL	hsl(349, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(349, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.50, 53.04, 20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.50, 56.89, 21.19°)
OKLab	oklab(47.33% 0.158 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(47.33% 0.165 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5693, 9.2683, 4.6571)
Luminance	0.0927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42138 #21A48D

analogous

#A42179 #A42138 #A44C21

triadic

#A42138 #38A421 #2138A4

tetradic

#A42138 #79A421 #21A48D #4C21A4

square

#A42138 #79A421 #21A48D #4C21A4

split-complementary

#A42138 #21A44C #2179A4

monochromatic

#3E0C15 #711727 #A42138 #D52D4B #DF6077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#A42138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#A42138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42138

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42138	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 33, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.165 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76a6e',
    500: '#a42138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42138;
$custom-light: #c76a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.466,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47331,
    "c": 0.16541,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42138

secondary

#5DC4B2

accent

#E9CB3E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42138

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

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