#A42A47#A42A47

#A42A47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.158 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A47
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 71)
HSL	hsl(346, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(346, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 56.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.85, 51.11, 12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.85, 52.69, 14.06°)
OKLab	oklab(48.44% 0.1546 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(48.44% 0.158 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2768, 10.0058, 6.9816)
Luminance	0.1000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A47 #2AA487

analogous

#A42A84 #A42A47 #A44A2A

triadic

#A42A47 #47A42A #2A47A4

tetradic

#A42A47 #84A42A #2AA487 #4A2AA4

square

#A42A47 #84A42A #2AA487 #4A2AA4

split-complementary

#A42A47 #2AA44A #2A84A4

monochromatic

#43111D #731E32 #A42A47 #CD3E60 #DA6E88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#A42A47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A42A47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A47

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A47	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)

#4A4947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30636

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.158 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e79',
    500: '#a42a47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a47;
$custom-light: #c56e79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.738,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48436,
    "c": 0.15785,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A47

secondary

#69C1AC

accent

#E2BD45

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A47

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

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