#A42A3C#A42A3C

#A42A3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.157 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A3C
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 60)
HSL	hsl(351, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(351, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 63.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.62, 50.34, 19.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.62, 53.98, 21.16°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% 0.1501 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.157 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9552, 9.8772, 5.2878)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A3C #2AA492

analogous

#A42A79 #A42A3C #A4552A

triadic

#A42A3C #3CA42A #2A3CA4

tetradic

#A42A3C #79A42A #2AA492 #552AA4

square

#A42A3C #79A42A #2AA492 #552AA4

split-complementary

#A42A3C #2AA455 #2A79A4

monochromatic

#431118 #731E2A #A42A3C #CD3E53 #DA6E7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A42A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A42A3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A3C

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A3C	1.00	7.06	2.97	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C483C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.157 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e71',
    500: '#a42a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a3c;
$custom-light: #c66e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.148,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48189,
    "c": 0.15731,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A3C

secondary

#69C1B4

accent

#E2CB45

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A3C

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

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