#A42C33#A42C33

#A42C33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.156 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C33
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 51)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 68.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.73, 49.08, 25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.73, 55.19, 27.22°)
OKLab	oklab(48.22% 0.1442 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(48.22% 0.156 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8099, 9.9354, 4.1639)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C33 #2CA49D

analogous

#A42C6F #A42C33 #A4612C

triadic

#A42C33 #33A42C #2C33A4

tetradic

#A42C33 #6FA42C #2CA49D #612CA4

square

#A42C33 #6FA42C #2CA49D #612CA4

split-complementary

#A42C33 #2CA461 #2C6FA4

monochromatic

#431215 #741F24 #A42C33 #CC4149 #D97177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#A42C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A42C33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C33

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C33	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C622F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.156 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e6a',
    500: '#a42c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c33;
$custom-light: #c66e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48217,
    "c": 0.15581,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C33

secondary

#6BC0BB

accent

#E1D847

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C33

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

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