#A42C3A#A42C3A

#A42C3A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.155 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C3A
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 58)
HSL	hsl(353, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(353, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 64.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.85, 49.49, 21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.85, 53.77, 23.03°)
OKLab	oklab(48.34% 0.147 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(48.34% 0.155 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9760, 10.0018, 5.0388)
Luminance	0.1000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C3A #2CA496

analogous

#A42C76 #A42C3A #A45A2C

triadic

#A42C3A #3AA42C #2C3AA4

tetradic

#A42C3A #76A42C #2CA496 #5A2CA4

square

#A42C3A #76A42C #2CA496 #5A2CA4

split-complementary

#A42C3A #2CA45A #2C76A4

monochromatic

#431218 #741F29 #A42C3A #CC4151 #D9717D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#A42C3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A42C3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C3A

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C3A	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D493A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40232

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.155 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e70',
    500: '#a42c3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c3a;
$custom-light: #c66e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48344,
    "c": 0.15538,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C3A

secondary

#6BC0B6

accent

#E1CF47

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C3A

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

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