#A42A3A#A42A3A

#A42A3A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.157 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A3A
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 58)
HSL	hsl(352, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(352, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 64.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.58, 50.21, 20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.58, 54.31, 22.40°)
OKLab	oklab(48.15% 0.1493 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(48.15% 0.157 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9033, 9.8564, 5.0146)
Luminance	0.0985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A3A #2AA494

analogous

#A42A77 #A42A3A #A4572A

triadic

#A42A3A #3AA42A #2A3AA4

tetradic

#A42A3A #77A42A #2AA494 #572AA4

square

#A42A3A #77A42A #2AA494 #572AA4

split-complementary

#A42A3A #2AA457 #2A77A4

monochromatic

#431118 #731E29 #A42A3A #CD3E51 #DA6E7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#A42A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A42A3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A3A

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A3A	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)

#4C483A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.157 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e70',
    500: '#a42a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a3a;
$custom-light: #c66e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.131,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48149,
    "c": 0.15734,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A3A

secondary

#69C1B5

accent

#E2CE45

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A3A

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

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