#A42C47#A42C47

#A42C47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.156 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C47
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 71)
HSL	hsl(347, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(347, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 56.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.11, 50.39, 13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.11, 52.08, 14.63°)
OKLab	oklab(48.63% 0.1522 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(48.63% 0.156 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3495, 10.1512, 7.0058)
Luminance	0.1015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C47 #2CA489

analogous

#A42C83 #A42C47 #A44D2C

triadic

#A42C47 #47A42C #2C47A4

tetradic

#A42C47 #83A42C #2CA489 #4D2CA4

square

#A42C47 #83A42C #2CA489 #4D2CA4

split-complementary

#A42C47 #2CA44D #2C83A4

monochromatic

#43121D #741F32 #A42C47 #CC4160 #D97189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#A42C47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A42C47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C47

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C47	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30C37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.156 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f7a',
    500: '#a42c47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c47;
$custom-light: #c56f7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48629,
    "c": 0.15575,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C47

secondary

#6BC0AD

accent

#E1BE47

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C47

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

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