#A42C44#A42C44

#A42C44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.156 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C44
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 68)
HSL	hsl(348, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(348, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 58.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.05, 50.16, 14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.05, 52.35, 16.62°)
OKLab	oklab(48.56% 0.151 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(48.56% 0.156 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2556, 10.1137, 6.5112)
Luminance	0.1011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C44 #2CA48C

analogous

#A42C80 #A42C44 #A4502C

triadic

#A42C44 #44A42C #2C44A4

tetradic

#A42C44 #80A42C #2CA48C #502CA4

square

#A42C44 #80A42C #2CA48C #502CA4

split-complementary

#A42C44 #2CA450 #2C80A4

monochromatic

#43121C #741F30 #A42C44 #CC415D #D97186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#A42C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A42C44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C44

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C44	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)

#4B4A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.156 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f77',
    500: '#a42c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c44;
$custom-light: #c56f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48557,
    "c": 0.15552,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C44

secondary

#6BC0AF

accent

#E1C247

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C44

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

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