#A42B32#A42B32

#A42B32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.157 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B32
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 50)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 69.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.58, 49.40, 25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.58, 55.67, 27.47°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% 0.145 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.157 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7513, 9.8531, 4.0368)
Luminance	0.0985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B32 #2BA49D

analogous

#A42B6E #A42B32 #A4602B

triadic

#A42B32 #32A42B #2B32A4

tetradic

#A42B32 #6EA42B #2BA49D #602BA4

square

#A42B32 #6EA42B #2BA49D #602BA4

split-complementary

#A42B32 #2BA460 #2B6EA4

monochromatic

#431214 #741E23 #A42B32 #CD3F48 #D97076

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#A42B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A42B32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B32

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B32	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C622E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.157 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e6a',
    500: '#a42b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b32;
$custom-light: #c76e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.529,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48101,
    "c": 0.15684,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B32

secondary

#6AC1BC

accent

#E2D946

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B32

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

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