#A42C35#A42C35

#A42C35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.156 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C35
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 53)
HSL	hsl(356, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.76, 49.19, 24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.76, 54.75, 26.05°)
OKLab	oklab(48.25% 0.145 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(48.25% 0.156 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8549, 9.9534, 4.4012)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C35 #2CA49B

analogous

#A42C71 #A42C35 #A45F2C

triadic

#A42C35 #35A42C #2C35A4

tetradic

#A42C35 #71A42C #2CA49B #5F2CA4

square

#A42C35 #71A42C #2CA49B #5F2CA4

split-complementary

#A42C35 #2CA45F #2C71A4

monochromatic

#431216 #741F25 #A42C35 #CC414C #D97179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A42C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A42C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C35

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C35	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.156 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e6c',
    500: '#a42c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c35;
$custom-light: #c66e6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48251,
    "c": 0.15565,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C35

secondary

#6BC0BA

accent

#E1D547

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C35

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

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