#A42B36#A42B36

#A42B36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.157 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B36
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 54)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.64, 49.62, 23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.64, 54.81, 25.14°)
OKLab	oklab(48.17% 0.1466 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(48.17% 0.157 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8414, 9.8891, 4.5113)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B36 #2BA499

analogous

#A42B73 #A42B36 #A45C2B

triadic

#A42B36 #36A42B #2B36A4

tetradic

#A42B36 #73A42B #2BA499 #5C2BA4

square

#A42B36 #73A42B #2BA499 #5C2BA4

split-complementary

#A42B36 #2BA45C #2B73A4

monochromatic

#431216 #741E26 #A42B36 #CD3F4C #D9707A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A42B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B36

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B36	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.157 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e6d',
    500: '#a42b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b36;
$custom-light: #c66e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4817,
    "c": 0.15654,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B36

secondary

#6AC1B9

accent

#E2D446

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B36

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

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