#A42A44#A42A44

#A42A44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.158 H 13.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A44
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 68)
HSL	hsl(347, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(347, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 58.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.79, 50.89, 14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.79, 52.95, 16.03°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% 0.1533 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.158 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1829, 9.9682, 6.4870)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A44 #2AA48A

analogous

#A42A81 #A42A44 #A44D2A

triadic

#A42A44 #44A42A #2A44A4

tetradic

#A42A44 #81A42A #2AA48A #4D2AA4

square

#A42A44 #81A42A #2AA48A #4D2AA4

split-complementary

#A42A44 #2AA44D #2A81A4

monochromatic

#43111C #731E30 #A42A44 #CD3E5C #DA6E85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A42A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A42A44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A44

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A44	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)

#4A4944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.158 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e77',
    500: '#a42a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a44;
$custom-light: #c56e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.213,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48364,
    "c": 0.15757,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A44

secondary

#69C1AE

accent

#E2C145

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A44

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

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