#A42941#A42941

#A42941 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.158 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42941
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 65)
HSL	hsl(348, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 60.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.59, 51.03, 16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.59, 53.56, 17.69°)
OKLab	oklab(48.2% 0.1533 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(48.2% 0.158 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0586, 9.8625, 6.0054)
Luminance	0.0986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42941 #29A48C

analogous

#A4297E #A42941 #A44F29

triadic

#A42941 #41A429 #2941A4

tetradic

#A42941 #7EA429 #29A48C #4F29A4

square

#A42941 #7EA429 #29A48C #4F29A4

split-complementary

#A42941 #29A44F #297EA4

monochromatic

#42111A #731D2E #A42941 #CE3C59 #DA6D82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#A42941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A42941 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42941

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42941	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)

#4A4841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A623E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.158 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d75',
    500: '#a42941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42941;
$custom-light: #c66d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.293,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48202,
    "c": 0.15839,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42941

secondary

#68C1B0

accent

#E3C445

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42941

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

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