#A42B45#A42B45

#A42B45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.157 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B45
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 69)
HSL	hsl(347, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(347, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 57.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.94, 50.60, 14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.94, 52.55, 15.66°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% 0.1526 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.157 13)
XYZ	xyz(17.2496, 10.0524, 6.6611)
Luminance	0.1005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B45 #2BA48A

analogous

#A42B82 #A42B45 #A44D2B

triadic

#A42B45 #45A42B #2B45A4

tetradic

#A42B45 #82A42B #2BA48A #4D2BA4

square

#A42B45 #82A42B #2BA48A #4D2BA4

split-complementary

#A42B45 #2BA44D #2B82A4

monochromatic

#43121C #741E31 #A42B45 #CD3F5E #D97087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#A42B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A42B45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B45

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B45	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)

#4B4945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40736

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.157 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e78',
    500: '#a42b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b45;
$custom-light: #c56e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.107,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48483,
    "c": 0.15662,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.1005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B45

secondary

#6AC1AE

accent

#E2C046

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B45

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

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