#A42A43#A42A43

#A42A43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.158 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A43
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 67)
HSL	hsl(348, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 59.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.76, 50.81, 15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.76, 53.05, 16.68°)
OKLab	oklab(48.34% 0.1529 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(48.34% 0.158 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1526, 9.9561, 6.3276)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A43 #2AA48B

analogous

#A42A80 #A42A43 #A44E2A

triadic

#A42A43 #43A42A #2A43A4

tetradic

#A42A43 #80A42A #2AA48B #4E2AA4

square

#A42A43 #80A42A #2AA48B #4E2AA4

split-complementary

#A42A43 #2AA44E #2A80A4

monochromatic

#43111B #731E2F #A42A43 #CD3E5B #DA6E84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A42A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A42A43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A43

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A43	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40234

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.158 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e76',
    500: '#a42a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a43;
$custom-light: #c56e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.705,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48341,
    "c": 0.15751,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A43

secondary

#69C1AF

accent

#E2C245

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A43

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

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