#A42B35#A42B35

#A42B35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.157 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B35
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 53)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.63, 49.56, 23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.63, 55.01, 25.73°)
OKLab	oklab(48.15% 0.1462 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(48.15% 0.157 21)
XYZ	xyz(16.8181, 9.8798, 4.3889)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B35 #2BA49A

analogous

#A42B71 #A42B35 #A45D2B

triadic

#A42B35 #35A42B #2B35A4

tetradic

#A42B35 #71A42B #2BA49A #5D2BA4

square

#A42B35 #71A42B #2BA49A #5D2BA4

split-complementary

#A42B35 #2BA45D #2B71A4

monochromatic

#431216 #741E25 #A42B35 #CD3F4B #D97079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A42B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B35

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B35	1.00	7.06	2.98	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.157 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e6c',
    500: '#a42b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b35;
$custom-light: #c66e6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.041,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48152,
    "c": 0.1566,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.09877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B35

secondary

#6AC1B9

accent

#E2D546

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B35

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →