#A42947#A42947

#A42947 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.159 H 11.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42947
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 71)
HSL	hsl(345, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(345, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 56.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.73, 51.46, 12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.73, 52.99, 13.79°)
OKLab	oklab(48.34% 0.1557 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(48.34% 0.159 11.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2418, 9.9358, 6.9699)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42947 #29A486

analogous

#A42984 #A42947 #A44929

triadic

#A42947 #47A429 #2947A4

tetradic

#A42947 #84A429 #29A486 #4929A4

square

#A42947 #84A429 #29A486 #4929A4

split-complementary

#A42947 #29A449 #2984A4

monochromatic

#42111D #731D32 #A42947 #CE3C60 #DA6D88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#A42947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A42947 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42947

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42947	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.159 11.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d79',
    500: '#a42947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42947;
$custom-light: #c56d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.366,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48343,
    "c": 0.15887,
    "h": 11.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42947

secondary

#68C1AB

accent

#E3BC45

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42947

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

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