#A42C38#A42C38

#A42C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.155 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C38
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 56)
HSL	hsl(354, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(354, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.81, 49.36, 22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.81, 54.14, 24.25°)
OKLab	oklab(48.31% 0.1462 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(48.31% 0.155 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9261, 9.9819, 4.7760)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C38 #2CA498

analogous

#A42C74 #A42C38 #A45C2C

triadic

#A42C38 #38A42C #2C38A4

tetradic

#A42C38 #74A42C #2CA498 #5C2CA4

square

#A42C38 #74A42C #2CA498 #5C2CA4

split-complementary

#A42C38 #2CA45C #2C74A4

monochromatic

#431217 #741F28 #A42C38 #CC414F #D9717C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A42C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A42C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C38

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C38	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40131

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.155 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e6e',
    500: '#a42c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c38;
$custom-light: #c66e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48306,
    "c": 0.15546,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C38

secondary

#6BC0B8

accent

#E1D247

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C38

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

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