#A42946#A42946

#A42946 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.159 H 12.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42946
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 70)
HSL	hsl(346, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(346, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 57.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.70, 51.39, 13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.70, 53.06, 14.44°)
OKLab	oklab(48.32% 0.1553 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(48.32% 0.159 12)
XYZ	xyz(17.2099, 9.9230, 6.8023)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42946 #29A487

analogous

#A42983 #A42946 #A44A29

triadic

#A42946 #46A429 #2946A4

tetradic

#A42946 #83A429 #29A487 #4A29A4

square

#A42946 #83A429 #29A487 #4A29A4

split-complementary

#A42946 #29A44A #2983A4

monochromatic

#42111C #731D31 #A42946 #CE3C5E #DA6D87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A42946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42946 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42946

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42946	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.159 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d79',
    500: '#a42946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42946;
$custom-light: #c56d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.854,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48319,
    "c": 0.15877,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.09921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42946

secondary

#68C1AC

accent

#E3BE45

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42946

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

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