#A42B46#A42B46

#A42B46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.157 H 12.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B46
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 70)
HSL	hsl(347, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(347, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 57.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.96, 50.68, 13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.96, 52.46, 15.00°)
OKLab	oklab(48.51% 0.153 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(48.51% 0.157 12.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2809, 10.0649, 6.8259)
Luminance	0.1006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B46 #2BA489

analogous

#A42B82 #A42B46 #A44D2B

triadic

#A42B46 #46A42B #2B46A4

tetradic

#A42B46 #82A42B #2BA489 #4D2BA4

square

#A42B46 #82A42B #2BA489 #4D2BA4

split-complementary

#A42B46 #2BA44D #2B82A4

monochromatic

#43121D #741E31 #A42B46 #CD3F5F #D97087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#A42B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A42B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B46

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B46	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.157 12.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e79',
    500: '#a42b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b46;
$custom-light: #c56e79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.612,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48507,
    "c": 0.15671,
    "h": 12.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B46

secondary

#6AC1AD

accent

#E2BF46

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B46

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

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