#A42940#A42940

#A42940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.158 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42940
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 64)
HSL	hsl(349, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.57, 50.96, 16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.57, 53.68, 18.33°)
OKLab	oklab(48.18% 0.1529 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(48.18% 0.158 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0299, 9.8510, 5.8542)
Luminance	0.0985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42940 #29A48D

analogous

#A4297E #A42940 #A44F29

triadic

#A42940 #40A429 #2940A4

tetradic

#A42940 #7EA429 #29A48D #4F29A4

square

#A42940 #7EA429 #29A48D #4F29A4

split-complementary

#A42940 #29A44F #297EA4

monochromatic

#42111A #731D2D #A42940 #CE3C57 #DA6D81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#A42940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A42940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42940

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42940	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A623D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.158 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d74',
    500: '#a42940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42940;
$custom-light: #c66d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.78,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4818,
    "c": 0.15835,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42940

secondary

#68C1B0

accent

#E3C645

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42940

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

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