#A42240#A42240

#A42240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.165 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42240
RGB	rgb(164, 34, 64)
HSL	hsl(346, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(346, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.76, 53.24, 15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.76, 55.53, 16.53°)
OKLab	oklab(47.58% 0.1602 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(47.58% 0.165 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8090, 9.4092, 5.7806)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42240 #22A486

analogous

#A42281 #A42240 #A44522

triadic

#A42240 #40A422 #2240A4

tetradic

#A42240 #81A422 #22A486 #4522A4

square

#A42240 #81A422 #22A486 #4522A4

split-complementary

#A42240 #22A445 #2281A4

monochromatic

#3F0D18 #71172C #A42240 #D42F55 #DE627F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#A42240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A42240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42240

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42240	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68603D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 34, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.165 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66a74',
    500: '#a42240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42240;
$custom-light: #c66a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.154,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47578,
    "c": 0.16483,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42240

secondary

#5EC4AC

accent

#E9C23F

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42240

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

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