#A42B44#A42B44

#A42B44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.157 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B44
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 68)
HSL	hsl(348, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(348, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 58.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.91, 50.53, 14.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.91, 52.65, 16.32°)
OKLab	oklab(48.46% 0.1522 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(48.46% 0.157 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2188, 10.0401, 6.4990)
Luminance	0.1004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B44 #2BA48B

analogous

#A42B80 #A42B44 #A44E2B

triadic

#A42B44 #44A42B #2B44A4

tetradic

#A42B44 #80A42B #2BA48B #4E2BA4

square

#A42B44 #80A42B #2BA48B #4E2BA4

split-complementary

#A42B44 #2BA44E #2B80A4

monochromatic

#43121C #741E30 #A42B44 #CD3F5D #D97086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#A42B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A42B44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B44

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B44	1.00	6.98	3.01	6.98
#FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40635

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.157 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e77',
    500: '#a42b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b44;
$custom-light: #c56e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.603,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4846,
    "c": 0.15655,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B44

secondary

#6AC1AF

accent

#E2C246

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B44

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

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