#A42242#A42242

#A42242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.165 H 12.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42242
RGB	rgb(164, 34, 66)
HSL	hsl(345, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(345, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, 53.37, 14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 55.33, 15.27°)
OKLab	oklab(47.62% 0.161 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(47.62% 0.165 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8670, 9.4324, 6.0857)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42242 #22A484

analogous

#A42283 #A42242 #A44322

triadic

#A42242 #42A422 #2242A4

tetradic

#A42242 #83A422 #22A484 #4322A4

square

#A42242 #83A422 #22A484 #4322A4

split-complementary

#A42242 #22A443 #2283A4

monochromatic

#3F0D19 #71172E #A42242 #D42F58 #DE6281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A42242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A42242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42242

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42242	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68603F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 34, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.165 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66a76',
    500: '#a42242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42242;
$custom-light: #c66a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.231,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47624,
    "c": 0.16499,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42242

secondary

#5EC4AB

accent

#E9BF3F

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42242

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

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