#A42A42#A42A42

#A42A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.157 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A42
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 66)
HSL	hsl(348, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.74, 50.74, 15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.74, 53.16, 17.33°)
OKLab	oklab(48.32% 0.1525 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(48.32% 0.157 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1229, 9.9442, 6.1710)
Luminance	0.0994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A42 #2AA48C

analogous

#A42A7F #A42A42 #A44F2A

triadic

#A42A42 #42A42A #2A42A4

tetradic

#A42A42 #7FA42A #2AA48C #4F2AA4

square

#A42A42 #7FA42A #2AA48C #4F2AA4

split-complementary

#A42A42 #2AA44F #2A7FA4

monochromatic

#43111B #731E2E #A42A42 #CD3E5A #DA6E84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#A42A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A42A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A42

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A42	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A623F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40234

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.157 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e76',
    500: '#a42a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a42;
$custom-light: #c66e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.197,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48318,
    "c": 0.15744,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A42

secondary

#69C1B0

accent

#E2C445

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A42

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

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