#A42A46#A42A46

#A42A46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.158 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A46
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 70)
HSL	hsl(346, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(346, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 57.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.83, 51.03, 13.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.83, 52.77, 14.72°)
OKLab	oklab(48.41% 0.1541 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(48.41% 0.158 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2450, 9.9931, 6.8140)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A46 #2AA488

analogous

#A42A83 #A42A46 #A44B2A

triadic

#A42A46 #46A42A #2A46A4

tetradic

#A42A46 #83A42A #2AA488 #4B2AA4

square

#A42A46 #83A42A #2AA488 #4B2AA4

split-complementary

#A42A46 #2AA44B #2A83A4

monochromatic

#43111C #731E31 #A42A46 #CD3E5F #DA6E87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#A42A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A42A46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A46

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A46	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.158 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e79',
    500: '#a42a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a46;
$custom-light: #c56e79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.23,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48412,
    "c": 0.15774,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A46

secondary

#69C1AD

accent

#E2BE45

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A46

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

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