#A42A40#A42A40

#A42A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.157 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A40
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 64)
HSL	hsl(349, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.70, 50.60, 17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.70, 53.40, 18.62°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% 0.1517 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.157 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0649, 9.9211, 5.8659)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A40 #2AA48E

analogous

#A42A7D #A42A40 #A4512A

triadic

#A42A40 #40A42A #2A40A4

tetradic

#A42A40 #7DA42A #2AA48E #512AA4

square

#A42A40 #7DA42A #2AA48E #512AA4

split-complementary

#A42A40 #2AA451 #2A7DA4

monochromatic

#43111A #731E2D #A42A40 #CD3E58 #DA6E82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A42A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A40

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A40	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A623D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.157 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e74',
    500: '#a42a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a40;
$custom-light: #c66e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.18,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48274,
    "c": 0.15737,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A40

secondary

#69C1B1

accent

#E2C645

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A40

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →