#A42444#A42444

#A42444 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.163 H 12.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42444
RGB	rgb(164, 36, 68)
HSL	hsl(345, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(345, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 58.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.07, 52.90, 13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.07, 54.63, 14.47°)
OKLab	oklab(47.83% 0.1598 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(47.83% 0.163 12)
XYZ	xyz(16.9858, 9.5741, 6.4213)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42444 #24A484

analogous

#A42484 #A42444 #A44424

triadic

#A42444 #44A424 #2444A4

tetradic

#A42444 #84A424 #24A484 #4424A4

square

#A42444 #84A424 #24A484 #4424A4

split-complementary

#A42444 #24A444 #2484A4

monochromatic

#400E1A #72192F #A42444 #D2335B #DD6583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#A42444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A42444 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42444

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42444	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 36, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.163 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66b77',
    500: '#a42444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42444;
$custom-light: #c66b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47833,
    "c": 0.16339,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.09572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42444

secondary

#61C3AA

accent

#E7BD41

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42444

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

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