#A42C3D#A42C3D

#A42C3D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.155 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C3D
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 61)
HSL	hsl(352, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(352, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 62.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.90, 49.68, 19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.90, 53.26, 21.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.4% 0.1482 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(48.4% 0.155 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0546, 10.0333, 5.4526)
Luminance	0.1003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C3D #2CA493

analogous

#A42C79 #A42C3D #A4572C

triadic

#A42C3D #3DA42C #2C3DA4

tetradic

#A42C3D #79A42C #2CA493 #572CA4

square

#A42C3D #79A42C #2CA493 #572CA4

split-complementary

#A42C3D #2CA457 #2C79A4

monochromatic

#431219 #741F2B #A42C3D #CC4155 #D97180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#A42C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A42C3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C3D

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C3D	1.00	6.99	3.01	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D493D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B623A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40433

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.155 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f72',
    500: '#a42c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c3d;
$custom-light: #c66f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48404,
    "c": 0.15532,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C3D

secondary

#6BC0B4

accent

#E1CB47

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C3D

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

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