#A42A30#A42A30

#A42A30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.158 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A30
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 48)
HSL	hsl(357, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 70.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.42, 49.65, 26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.42, 56.39, 28.29°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% 0.1454 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.158 23)
XYZ	xyz(16.6732, 9.7644, 3.8025)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A30 #2AA49E

analogous

#A42A6D #A42A30 #A4612A

triadic

#A42A30 #30A42A #2A30A4

tetradic

#A42A30 #6DA42A #2AA49E #612AA4

square

#A42A30 #6DA42A #2AA49E #612AA4

split-complementary

#A42A30 #2AA461 #2A6DA4

monochromatic

#431113 #731E22 #A42A30 #CD3E45 #DA6E74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A42A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A42A30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A30

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A30	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D472F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C622C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.158 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d68',
    500: '#a42a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a30;
$custom-light: #c76d68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.049,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47971,
    "c": 0.15795,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.09762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A30

secondary

#69C1BD

accent

#E2DB45

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A30

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

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