#A42A31#A42A31

#A42A31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.158 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A31
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 49)
HSL	hsl(357, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.43, 49.70, 26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.43, 56.15, 27.73°)
OKLab	oklab(47.99% 0.1458 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(47.99% 0.158 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6940, 9.7727, 3.9124)
Luminance	0.0977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A31 #2AA49D

analogous

#A42A6E #A42A31 #A4602A

triadic

#A42A31 #31A42A #2A31A4

tetradic

#A42A31 #6EA42A #2AA49D #602AA4

square

#A42A31 #6EA42A #2AA49D #602AA4

split-complementary

#A42A31 #2AA460 #2A6EA4

monochromatic

#431114 #731E22 #A42A31 #CD3E46 #DA6E75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A42A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A42A31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A31

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A31	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)

#4D4730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C622D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.158 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d69',
    500: '#a42a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a31;
$custom-light: #c76d69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.557,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47987,
    "c": 0.15786,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A31

secondary

#69C1BC

accent

#E2D945

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A31

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

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