#A42C31#A42C31

#A42C31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.156 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C31
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 49)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.70, 48.97, 26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.70, 55.66, 28.37°)
OKLab	oklab(48.18% 0.1434 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(48.18% 0.156 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7667, 9.9181, 3.9367)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C31 #2CA49F

analogous

#A42C6D #A42C31 #A4632C

triadic

#A42C31 #31A42C #2C31A4

tetradic

#A42C31 #6DA42C #2CA49F #632CA4

square

#A42C31 #6DA42C #2CA49F #632CA4

split-complementary

#A42C31 #2CA463 #2C6DA4

monochromatic

#431214 #741F23 #A42C31 #CC4147 #D97176

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A42C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42C31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C31

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C31	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)

#4E4830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C622D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.156 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e69',
    500: '#a42c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c31;
$custom-light: #c76e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48183,
    "c": 0.15599,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C31

secondary

#6BC0BD

accent

#E1DB47

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C31

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

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