#A42A35#A42A35

#A42A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.158 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A35
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 53)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.50, 49.92, 23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.50, 55.27, 25.42°)
OKLab	oklab(48.06% 0.1473 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(48.06% 0.158 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7822, 9.8080, 4.3769)
Luminance	0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A35 #2AA499

analogous

#A42A72 #A42A35 #A45C2A

triadic

#A42A35 #35A42A #2A35A4

tetradic

#A42A35 #72A42A #2AA499 #5C2AA4

square

#A42A35 #72A42A #2AA499 #5C2AA4

split-complementary

#A42A35 #2AA45C #2A72A4

monochromatic

#431116 #731E25 #A42A35 #CD3E4B #DA6E78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A42A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A42A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A35

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A35	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.158 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d6c',
    500: '#a42a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a35;
$custom-light: #c66d6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.59,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48055,
    "c": 0.15755,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A35

secondary

#69C1B9

accent

#E2D445

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A35

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

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