#A42A39#A42A39

#A42A39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.157 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A39
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 57)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(353, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 65.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.57, 50.15, 21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.57, 54.49, 23.01°)
OKLab	oklab(48.13% 0.1489 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(48.13% 0.157 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8781, 9.8463, 4.8819)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A39 #2AA495

analogous

#A42A76 #A42A39 #A4582A

triadic

#A42A39 #39A42A #2A39A4

tetradic

#A42A39 #76A42A #2AA495 #582AA4

square

#A42A39 #76A42A #2AA495 #582AA4

split-complementary

#A42A39 #2AA458 #2A76A4

monochromatic

#431117 #731E28 #A42A39 #CD3E4F #DA6E7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#A42A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A42A39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A39

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A39	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.157 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d6f',
    500: '#a42a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a39;
$custom-light: #c66d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.623,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4813,
    "c": 0.15736,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A39

secondary

#69C1B6

accent

#E2CF45

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A39

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

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