#A42241#A42241

#A42241 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.165 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42241
RGB	rgb(164, 34, 65)
HSL	hsl(346, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(346, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 60.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.78, 53.30, 15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.78, 55.43, 15.90°)
OKLab	oklab(47.6% 0.1606 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(47.6% 0.165 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8377, 9.4207, 5.9318)
Luminance	0.0942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42241 #22A485

analogous

#A42282 #A42241 #A44422

triadic

#A42241 #41A422 #2241A4

tetradic

#A42241 #82A422 #22A485 #4422A4

square

#A42241 #82A422 #22A485 #4422A4

split-complementary

#A42241 #22A444 #2282A4

monochromatic

#3F0D19 #71172D #A42241 #D42F57 #DE6280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A42241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A42241 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42241

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42241	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68603E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 34, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.165 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66a75',
    500: '#a42241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42241;
$custom-light: #c66a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.692,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47601,
    "c": 0.16491,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42241

secondary

#5EC4AB

accent

#E9C03F

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42241

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

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