#A42B3C#A42B3C

#A42B3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.156 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B3C
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 60)
HSL	hsl(352, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(352, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 63.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.75, 49.98, 19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.75, 53.70, 21.46°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% 0.149 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.156 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9911, 9.9490, 5.2998)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B3C #2BA493

analogous

#A42B78 #A42B3C #A4562B

triadic

#A42B3C #3CA42B #2B3CA4

tetradic

#A42B3C #78A42B #2BA493 #562BA4

square

#A42B3C #78A42B #2BA493 #562BA4

split-complementary

#A42B3C #2BA456 #2B78A4

monochromatic

#431219 #741E2A #A42B3C #CD3F53 #D9707F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A42B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A42B3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B3C

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B3C	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C493C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.156 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e71',
    500: '#a42b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b3c;
$custom-light: #c66e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.57,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48286,
    "c": 0.15633,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B3C

secondary

#6AC1B4

accent

#E2CC46

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B3C

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

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