#A42C32#A42C32

#A42C32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.156 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C32
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 50)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 69.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.71, 49.03, 25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.71, 55.42, 27.80°)
OKLab	oklab(48.2% 0.1438 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(48.2% 0.156 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7881, 9.9267, 4.0490)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C32 #2CA49E

analogous

#A42C6E #A42C32 #A4622C

triadic

#A42C32 #32A42C #2C32A4

tetradic

#A42C32 #6EA42C #2CA49E #622CA4

square

#A42C32 #6EA42C #2CA49E #622CA4

split-complementary

#A42C32 #2CA462 #2C6EA4

monochromatic

#431215 #741F23 #A42C32 #CC4148 #D97177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A42C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42C32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C32

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C32	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)

#4E4831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C622E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.156 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e6a',
    500: '#a42c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c32;
$custom-light: #c66e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.482,
    "c": 0.1559,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C32

secondary

#6BC0BC

accent

#E1D947

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C32

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

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