#A42140#A42140

#A42140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.166 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42140
RGB	rgb(164, 33, 64)
HSL	hsl(346, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(346, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.66, 53.54, 15.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.66, 55.78, 16.30°)
OKLab	oklab(47.5% 0.1612 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(47.5% 0.166 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7808, 9.3529, 5.7712)
Luminance	0.0935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42140 #21A485

analogous

#A42181 #A42140 #A44421

triadic

#A42140 #40A421 #2140A4

tetradic

#A42140 #81A421 #21A485 #4421A4

square

#A42140 #81A421 #21A485 #4421A4

split-complementary

#A42140 #21A444 #2181A4

monochromatic

#3E0C18 #71172C #A42140 #D52D55 #DF607E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#A42140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A42140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42140

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42140	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68603D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 33, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.166 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66a74',
    500: '#a42140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42140;
$custom-light: #c66a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.802,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.475,
    "c": 0.16569,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42140

secondary

#5DC4AC

accent

#E9C13E

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42140

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

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