#A42742#A42742

#A42742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.160 H 13.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42742
RGB	rgb(164, 39, 66)
HSL	hsl(347, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(347, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.37, 51.78, 15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.37, 54.00, 16.50°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% 0.1559 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.16 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0204, 9.7394, 6.1369)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42742 #27A489

analogous

#A42781 #A42742 #A44B27

triadic

#A42742 #42A427 #2742A4

tetradic

#A42742 #81A427 #27A489 #4B27A4

square

#A42742 #81A427 #27A489 #4B27A4

split-complementary

#A42742 #27A44B #2781A4

monochromatic

#410F1A #731B2E #A42742 #D03859 #DC6A82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A42742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A42742 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42742

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42742	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	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: #a42742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 39, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.160 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c76',
    500: '#a42742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42742;
$custom-light: #c66c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.04,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48043,
    "c": 0.1604,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42742

secondary

#65C2AE

accent

#E5C243

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42742

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

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