#A42844#A42844

#A42844 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.160 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42844
RGB	rgb(164, 40, 68)
HSL	hsl(346, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(346, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 58.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.54, 51.58, 14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.54, 53.52, 15.48°)
OKLab	oklab(48.18% 0.1556 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(48.18% 0.16 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1137, 9.8299, 6.4639)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42844 #28A488

analogous

#A42882 #A42844 #A44A28

triadic

#A42844 #44A428 #2844A4

tetradic

#A42844 #82A428 #28A488 #4A28A4

square

#A42844 #82A428 #28A488 #4A28A4

split-complementary

#A42844 #28A44A #2882A4

monochromatic

#42101B #731C30 #A42844 #CF3A5C #DB6B85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#A42844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A42844 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42844

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42844	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 40, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.160 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d77',
    500: '#a42844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42844;
$custom-light: #c56d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.452,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48179,
    "c": 0.15957,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42844

secondary

#66C1AD

accent

#E4C044

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42844

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

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