#A42C4A#A42C4A

#A42C4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.156 H 10.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C4A
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 74)
HSL	hsl(345, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(345, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 54.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.18, 50.62, 11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.18, 51.88, 12.63°)
OKLab	oklab(48.7% 0.1534 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(48.7% 0.156 10.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4482, 10.1907, 7.5255)
Luminance	0.1019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C4A #2CA486

analogous

#A42C86 #A42C4A #A44A2C

triadic

#A42C4A #4AA42C #2C4AA4

tetradic

#A42C4A #86A42C #2CA486 #4A2CA4

square

#A42C4A #86A42C #2CA486 #4A2CA4

split-complementary

#A42C4A #2CA44A #2C86A4

monochromatic

#43121E #741F34 #A42C4A #CC4164 #D9718B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.91

#A42C4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A42C4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C4A

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C4A	1.00	6.91	3.04	6.91
#FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30E38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.156 10.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f7c',
    500: '#a42c4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c4a;
$custom-light: #c56f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48703,
    "c": 0.15608,
    "h": 10.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C4A

secondary

#6BC0AB

accent

#E1BA47

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDEE

border

#D2C8C9

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C4A

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

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