#A42C3C#A42C3C

#A42C3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.155 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C3C
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 60)
HSL	hsl(352, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(352, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 63.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.88, 49.61, 19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.88, 53.43, 21.78°)
OKLab	oklab(48.38% 0.1478 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(48.38% 0.155 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0279, 10.0226, 5.3120)
Luminance	0.1002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C3C #2CA494

analogous

#A42C78 #A42C3C #A4582C

triadic

#A42C3C #3CA42C #2C3CA4

tetradic

#A42C3C #78A42C #2CA494 #582CA4

square

#A42C3C #78A42C #2CA494 #582CA4

split-complementary

#A42C3C #2CA458 #2C78A4

monochromatic

#431219 #741F2A #A42C3C #CC4154 #D9717F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#A42C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.00

#A42C3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C3C

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C3C	1.00	6.99	3.00	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D493C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40333

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.155 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e71',
    500: '#a42c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c3c;
$custom-light: #c66e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48384,
    "c": 0.15532,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C3C

secondary

#6BC0B5

accent

#E1CC47

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C3C

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

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