#A42B42#A42B42

#A42B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.156 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B42
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 66)
HSL	hsl(349, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(349, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.87, 50.38, 16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.87, 52.87, 17.63°)
OKLab	oklab(48.41% 0.1514 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(48.41% 0.156 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1588, 10.0161, 6.1830)
Luminance	0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B42 #2BA48D

analogous

#A42B7E #A42B42 #A4502B

triadic

#A42B42 #42A42B #2B42A4

tetradic

#A42B42 #7EA42B #2BA48D #502BA4

square

#A42B42 #7EA42B #2BA48D #502BA4

split-complementary

#A42B42 #2BA450 #2B7EA4

monochromatic

#43121B #741E2E #A42B42 #CD3F5A #D97084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#A42B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.00

#A42B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B42

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B42	1.00	6.99	3.00	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A623F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40535

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.156 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e76',
    500: '#a42b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b42;
$custom-light: #c56e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.595,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48414,
    "c": 0.15643,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B42

secondary

#6AC1B0

accent

#E2C446

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B42

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

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