#A42B43#A42B43

#A42B43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.156 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B43
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 67)
HSL	hsl(348, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(348, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 59.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.89, 50.45, 15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.89, 52.75, 16.97°)
OKLab	oklab(48.44% 0.1518 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(48.44% 0.156 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1885, 10.0280, 6.3396)
Luminance	0.1003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B43 #2BA48C

analogous

#A42B7F #A42B43 #A44F2B

triadic

#A42B43 #43A42B #2B43A4

tetradic

#A42B43 #7FA42B #2BA48C #4F2BA4

square

#A42B43 #7FA42B #2BA48C #4F2BA4

split-complementary

#A42B43 #2BA44F #2B7FA4

monochromatic

#43121B #741E2F #A42B43 #CD3F5B #D97085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#A42B43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A42B43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B43

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B43	1.00	6.99	3.01	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40535

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.156 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e76',
    500: '#a42b43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b43;
$custom-light: #c56e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.099,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48437,
    "c": 0.15649,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B43

secondary

#6AC1AF

accent

#E2C346

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B43

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

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