#A42C43#A42C43

#A42C43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.155 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C43
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 67)
HSL	hsl(349, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(349, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 59.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.02, 50.09, 15.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.02, 52.46, 17.28°)
OKLab	oklab(48.53% 0.1506 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(48.53% 0.155 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2253, 10.1016, 6.3519)
Luminance	0.1010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C43 #2CA48D

analogous

#A42C7F #A42C43 #A4512C

triadic

#A42C43 #43A42C #2C43A4

tetradic

#A42C43 #7FA42C #2CA48D #512CA4

square

#A42C43 #7FA42C #2CA48D #512CA4

split-complementary

#A42C43 #2CA451 #2C7FA4

monochromatic

#43121C #741F2F #A42C43 #CC415C #D97185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#A42C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A42C43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C43

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C43	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40935

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.155 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f76',
    500: '#a42c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c43;
$custom-light: #c56f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48534,
    "c": 0.15545,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C43

secondary

#6BC0B0

accent

#E1C347

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C43

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

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