#A42A34#A42A34

#A42A34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.158 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A34
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 52)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 68.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.48, 49.87, 24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.48, 55.48, 26.00°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% 0.1469 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.158 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7595, 9.7989, 4.2570)
Luminance	0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A34 #2AA49A

analogous

#A42A71 #A42A34 #A45D2A

triadic

#A42A34 #34A42A #2A34A4

tetradic

#A42A34 #71A42A #2AA49A #5D2AA4

square

#A42A34 #71A42A #2AA49A #5D2AA4

split-complementary

#A42A34 #2AA45D #2A71A4

monochromatic

#431115 #731E25 #A42A34 #CD3E49 #DA6E77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#A42A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A42A34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A34

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A34	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.158 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d6b',
    500: '#a42a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a34;
$custom-light: #c66d6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.082,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48038,
    "c": 0.15762,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A34

secondary

#69C1BA

accent

#E2D645

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A34

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

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