#A42C42#A42C42

#A42C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.155 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C42
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 66)
HSL	hsl(349, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(349, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.00, 50.02, 16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.00, 52.57, 17.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.51% 0.1502 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(48.51% 0.155 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1956, 10.0897, 6.1952)
Luminance	0.1009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C42 #2CA48E

analogous

#A42C7E #A42C42 #A4522C

triadic

#A42C42 #42A42C #2C42A4

tetradic

#A42C42 #7EA42C #2CA48E #522CA4

square

#A42C42 #7EA42C #2CA48E #522CA4

split-complementary

#A42C42 #2CA452 #2C7EA4

monochromatic

#43121B #741F2F #A42C42 #CC415B #D97184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A42C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A42C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C42

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C42	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B633F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40835

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.155 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f76',
    500: '#a42c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c42;
$custom-light: #c56f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48512,
    "c": 0.15541,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C42

secondary

#6BC0B1

accent

#E1C547

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C42

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

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