#A42A36#A42A36

#A42A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.158 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A36
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 54)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.51, 49.98, 23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.51, 55.07, 24.82°)
OKLab	oklab(48.07% 0.1477 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(48.07% 0.158 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8055, 9.8173, 4.4993)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A36 #2AA498

analogous

#A42A73 #A42A36 #A45B2A

triadic

#A42A36 #36A42A #2A36A4

tetradic

#A42A36 #73A42A #2AA498 #5B2AA4

square

#A42A36 #73A42A #2AA498 #5B2AA4

split-complementary

#A42A36 #2AA45B #2A73A4

monochromatic

#431116 #731E26 #A42A36 #CD3E4C #DA6E79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A42A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A42A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A36

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A36	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)

#4D4836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.158 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d6d',
    500: '#a42a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a36;
$custom-light: #c66d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.098,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48073,
    "c": 0.1575,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A36

secondary

#69C1B8

accent

#E2D345

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A36

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

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