#A42342#A42342

#A42342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.164 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42342
RGB	rgb(164, 35, 66)
HSL	hsl(346, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(346, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.91, 53.07, 14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.91, 55.07, 15.50°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% 0.16 0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.164 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8960, 9.4904, 6.0954)
Luminance	0.0949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42342 #23A485

analogous

#A42383 #A42342 #A44423

triadic

#A42342 #42A423 #2342A4

tetradic

#A42342 #83A423 #23A485 #4423A4

square

#A42342 #83A423 #23A485 #4423A4

split-complementary

#A42342 #23A444 #2383A4

monochromatic

#3F0D19 #72182E #A42342 #D33158 #DE6481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#A42342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A42342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42342

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42342	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	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: #a42342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 35, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.164 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66b76',
    500: '#a42342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42342;
$custom-light: #c66b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.581,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47704,
    "c": 0.16411,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42342

secondary

#60C3AB

accent

#E8BF40

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42342

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

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