#A42B3D#A42B3D

#A42B3D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.156 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B3D
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 61)
HSL	hsl(351, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(351, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 62.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.77, 50.04, 19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.77, 53.54, 20.83°)
OKLab	oklab(48.31% 0.1494 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(48.31% 0.156 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0178, 9.9597, 5.4403)
Luminance	0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B3D #2BA492

analogous

#A42B7A #A42B3D #A4552B

triadic

#A42B3D #3DA42B #2B3DA4

tetradic

#A42B3D #7AA42B #2BA492 #552BA4

square

#A42B3D #7AA42B #2BA492 #552BA4

split-complementary

#A42B3D #2BA455 #2B7AA4

monochromatic

#431219 #741E2B #A42B3D #CD3F54 #D97080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A42B3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A42B3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B3D

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B3D	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)

#4C493D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B623A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40133

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.156 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e72',
    500: '#a42b3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b3d;
$custom-light: #c66e72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.074,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48306,
    "c": 0.15632,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B3D

secondary

#6AC1B4

accent

#E2CB46

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B3D

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

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