#A42938#A42938

#A42938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.158 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42938
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 56)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.42, 50.45, 21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.42, 54.94, 23.32°)
OKLab	oklab(48.02% 0.1496 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(48.02% 0.158 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8184, 9.7664, 4.7401)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42938 #29A495

analogous

#A42975 #A42938 #A45729

triadic

#A42938 #38A429 #2938A4

tetradic

#A42938 #75A429 #29A495 #5729A4

square

#A42938 #75A429 #29A495 #5729A4

split-complementary

#A42938 #29A457 #2975A4

monochromatic

#421117 #731D27 #A42938 #CE3C4E #DA6D7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A42938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A42938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42938

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42938	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.158 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d6e',
    500: '#a42938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42938;
$custom-light: #c66d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.683,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48016,
    "c": 0.15835,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42938

secondary

#68C1B6

accent

#E3D045

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42938

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

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