#A42A3E#A42A3E

#A42A3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.157 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A3E
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 62)
HSL	hsl(350, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(350, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 62.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.66, 50.47, 18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.66, 53.67, 19.90°)
OKLab	oklab(48.23% 0.1509 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(48.23% 0.157 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0090, 9.8987, 5.5715)
Luminance	0.0990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A3E #2AA490

analogous

#A42A7B #A42A3E #A4532A

triadic

#A42A3E #3EA42A #2A3EA4

tetradic

#A42A3E #7BA42A #2AA490 #532AA4

square

#A42A3E #7BA42A #2AA490 #532AA4

split-complementary

#A42A3E #2AA453 #2A7BA4

monochromatic

#431119 #731E2C #A42A3E #CD3E55 #DA6E80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A42A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A3E

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A3E	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B483E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A623B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.157 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e73',
    500: '#a42a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a3e;
$custom-light: #c66e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.164,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48231,
    "c": 0.15732,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A3E

secondary

#69C1B2

accent

#E2C945

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A3E

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

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