#A42C3E#A42C3E

#A42C3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.155 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C3E
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 62)
HSL	hsl(351, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(351, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 62.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.92, 49.74, 18.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.92, 53.11, 20.51°)
OKLab	oklab(48.43% 0.1486 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(48.43% 0.155 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0818, 10.0441, 5.5957)
Luminance	0.1004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C3E #2CA492

analogous

#A42C7A #A42C3E #A4562C

triadic

#A42C3E #3EA42C #2C3EA4

tetradic

#A42C3E #7AA42C #2CA492 #562CA4

square

#A42C3E #7AA42C #2CA492 #562CA4

split-complementary

#A42C3E #2CA456 #2C7AA4

monochromatic

#43121A #741F2C #A42C3E #CC4156 #D97181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#A42C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A42C3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C3E

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C3E	1.00	6.98	3.01	6.98
#FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C493E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B623B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40534

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.155 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f73',
    500: '#a42c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c3e;
$custom-light: #c66f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48425,
    "c": 0.15532,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C3E

secondary

#6BC0B4

accent

#E1CA47

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C3E

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

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