#A42C30#A42C30

#A42C30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.156 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C30
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 48)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 70.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.68, 48.92, 27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.68, 55.90, 28.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.17% 0.1431 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(48.17% 0.156 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7459, 9.9098, 3.8268)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C30 #2CA4A0

analogous

#A42C6C #A42C30 #A4642C

triadic

#A42C30 #30A42C #2C30A4

tetradic

#A42C30 #6CA42C #2CA4A0 #642CA4

square

#A42C30 #6CA42C #2CA4A0 #642CA4

split-complementary

#A42C30 #2CA464 #2C6CA4

monochromatic

#431214 #741F22 #A42C30 #CC4146 #D97175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A42C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42C30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C30

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C30	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E482F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C622C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.156 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e68',
    500: '#a42c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c30;
$custom-light: #c76e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48167,
    "c": 0.1561,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C30

secondary

#6BC0BE

accent

#E1DC47

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C30

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

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