#A42C45#A42C45

#A42C45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.156 H 13.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C45
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 69)
HSL	hsl(348, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(348, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 57.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.07, 50.24, 14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.07, 52.25, 15.96°)
OKLab	oklab(48.58% 0.1514 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(48.58% 0.156 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2864, 10.1260, 6.6733)
Luminance	0.1012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C45 #2CA48B

analogous

#A42C81 #A42C45 #A44F2C

triadic

#A42C45 #45A42C #2C45A4

tetradic

#A42C45 #81A42C #2CA48B #4F2CA4

square

#A42C45 #81A42C #2CA48B #4F2CA4

split-complementary

#A42C45 #2CA44F #2C81A4

monochromatic

#43121C #741F31 #A42C45 #CC415E #D97187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#A42C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A42C45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C45

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C45	1.00	6.94	3.02	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.156 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f78',
    500: '#a42c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c45;
$custom-light: #c56f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48581,
    "c": 0.15558,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C45

secondary

#6BC0AF

accent

#E1C147

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C45

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

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