#A42542#A42542

#A42542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.162 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42542
RGB	rgb(164, 37, 66)
HSL	hsl(346, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(346, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.14, 52.44, 15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.14, 54.55, 15.98°)
OKLab	oklab(47.87% 0.158 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(47.87% 0.162 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9565, 9.6115, 6.1155)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42542 #25A487

analogous

#A42582 #A42542 #A44825

triadic

#A42542 #42A425 #2542A4

tetradic

#A42542 #82A425 #25A487 #4825A4

square

#A42542 #82A425 #25A487 #4825A4

split-complementary

#A42542 #25A448 #2582A4

monochromatic

#400E1A #721A2E #A42542 #D13559 #DD6782

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A42542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A42542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42542

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42542	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69613F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 37, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.162 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c76',
    500: '#a42542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42542;
$custom-light: #c66c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.299,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47869,
    "c": 0.16229,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42542

secondary

#62C2AC

accent

#E6C142

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42542

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

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