#A42543#A42543

#A42543 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.162 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42543
RGB	rgb(164, 37, 67)
HSL	hsl(346, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(346, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 59.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.16, 52.51, 14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.16, 54.45, 15.35°)
OKLab	oklab(47.89% 0.1584 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(47.89% 0.162 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9862, 9.6234, 6.2722)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42543 #25A486

analogous

#A42583 #A42543 #A44725

triadic

#A42543 #43A425 #2543A4

tetradic

#A42543 #83A425 #25A486 #4725A4

square

#A42543 #83A425 #25A486 #4725A4

split-complementary

#A42543 #25A447 #2583A4

monochromatic

#400E1A #721A2F #A42543 #D1355A #DD6783

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A42543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A42543 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42543

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42543	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 37, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.162 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c76',
    500: '#a42543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42543;
$custom-light: #c66c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.827,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47893,
    "c": 0.16237,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42543

secondary

#62C2AC

accent

#E6BF42

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42543

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

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