#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
RGBrgb(164, 38, 66)
HSLhsl(347, 62%, 40%)
HSVhsv(347, 77%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 76.8%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(37.25, 52.11, 15.18)
CIE-LCHlch(37.25, 54.28, 16.24°)
OKLaboklab(47.96% 0.1569 0.0375)
OKLCHoklch(47.96% 0.161 13.4)
XYZxyz(16.9880, 9.6746, 6.1261)
Luminance0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##A426421.007.162.937.16
#FFFFFF7.161.0021.001.00
#0000002.9321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.161.0021.001.00

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

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#A42642 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva