#A42B34#A42B34

#A42B34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.157 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B34
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 52)
HSL	hsl(356, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 68.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.61, 49.50, 24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.61, 55.23, 26.32°)
OKLab	oklab(48.14% 0.1458 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(48.14% 0.157 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7954, 9.8707, 4.2690)
Luminance	0.0987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B34 #2BA49B

analogous

#A42B70 #A42B34 #A45E2B

triadic

#A42B34 #34A42B #2B34A4

tetradic

#A42B34 #70A42B #2BA49B #5E2BA4

square

#A42B34 #70A42B #2BA49B #5E2BA4

split-complementary

#A42B34 #2BA45E #2B70A4

monochromatic

#431215 #741E25 #A42B34 #CD3F4A #D97078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A42B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A42B34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B34

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B34	1.00	7.06	2.97	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.157 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e6b',
    500: '#a42b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b34;
$custom-light: #c66e6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.537,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48135,
    "c": 0.15668,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B34

secondary

#6AC1BA

accent

#E2D646

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B34

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

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