#A42642#A42642

#A42642 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.161 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42642
RGB	rgb(164, 38, 66)
HSL	hsl(347, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(347, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.25, 52.11, 15.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.25, 54.28, 16.24°)
OKLab	oklab(47.96% 0.1569 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(47.96% 0.161 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9880, 9.6746, 6.1261)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42642 #26A488

analogous

#A42681 #A42642 #A44926

triadic

#A42642 #42A426 #2642A4

tetradic

#A42642 #81A426 #26A488 #4926A4

square

#A42642 #81A426 #26A488 #4926A4

split-complementary

#A42642 #26A449 #2681A4

monochromatic

#410F1A #721A2E #A42642 #D13759 #DC6882

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#A42642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A42642 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42642

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42642	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69613F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 38, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.161 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c76',
    500: '#a42642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42642;
$custom-light: #c66c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47955,
    "c": 0.16135,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42642

secondary

#64C2AD

accent

#E5C142

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42642

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

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