#A42A45#A42A45

#A42A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.158 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A45
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 69)
HSL	hsl(347, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(347, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 57.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.81, 50.96, 14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.81, 52.85, 15.38°)
OKLab	oklab(48.39% 0.1537 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(48.39% 0.158 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2137, 9.9806, 6.6491)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A45 #2AA489

analogous

#A42A82 #A42A45 #A44C2A

triadic

#A42A45 #45A42A #2A45A4

tetradic

#A42A45 #82A42A #2AA489 #4C2AA4

square

#A42A45 #82A42A #2AA489 #4C2AA4

split-complementary

#A42A45 #2AA44C #2A82A4

monochromatic

#43111C #731E31 #A42A45 #CD3E5E #DA6E86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A42A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A42A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A45

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A45	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.158 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e78',
    500: '#a42a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a45;
$custom-light: #c56e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.721,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48388,
    "c": 0.15765,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A45

secondary

#69C1AD

accent

#E2C045

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A45

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

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