#A42942#A42942

#A42942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.158 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42942
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 66)
HSL	hsl(348, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.62, 51.09, 15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.62, 53.44, 17.05°)
OKLab	oklab(48.22% 0.1537 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(48.22% 0.158 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0878, 9.8742, 6.1593)
Luminance	0.0987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42942 #29A48B

analogous

#A4297F #A42942 #A44E29

triadic

#A42942 #42A429 #2942A4

tetradic

#A42942 #7FA429 #29A48B #4E29A4

square

#A42942 #7FA429 #29A48B #4E29A4

split-complementary

#A42942 #29A44E #297FA4

monochromatic

#42111B #731D2E #A42942 #CE3C5A #DA6D83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A42942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A42942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42942

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42942	1.00	7.06	2.97	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A623F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.158 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d76',
    500: '#a42942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42942;
$custom-light: #c66d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.805,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48224,
    "c": 0.15845,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42942

secondary

#68C1AF

accent

#E3C345

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42942

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

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