#A42C49#A42C49

#A42C49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.156 H 11.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C49
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 73)
HSL	hsl(346, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(346, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.16, 50.54, 11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.16, 51.93, 13.30°)
OKLab	oklab(48.68% 0.153 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(48.68% 0.156 11.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4147, 10.1773, 7.3494)
Luminance	0.1017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C49 #2CA487

analogous

#A42C85 #A42C49 #A44B2C

triadic

#A42C49 #49A42C #2C49A4

tetradic

#A42C49 #85A42C #2CA487 #4B2CA4

square

#A42C49 #85A42C #2CA487 #4B2CA4

split-complementary

#A42C49 #2CA44B #2C85A4

monochromatic

#43121E #741F34 #A42C49 #CC4163 #D9718A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#A42C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A42C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C49

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C49	1.00	6.92	3.03	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.156 11.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f7b',
    500: '#a42c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c49;
$custom-light: #c56f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48678,
    "c": 0.15596,
    "h": 11.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C49

secondary

#6BC0AC

accent

#E1BC47

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C49

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

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