#A42D35#A42D35

#A42D35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.155 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42D35
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 53)
HSL	hsl(356, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.89, 48.82, 24.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.89, 54.49, 26.39°)
OKLab	oklab(48.35% 0.1438 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(48.35% 0.155 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8926, 10.0288, 4.4137)
Luminance	0.1003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42D35 #2DA49C

analogous

#A42D70 #A42D35 #A4602D

triadic

#A42D35 #35A42D #2D35A4

tetradic

#A42D35 #70A42D #2DA49C #602DA4

square

#A42D35 #70A42D #2DA49C #602DA4

split-complementary

#A42D35 #2DA460 #2D70A4

monochromatic

#441316 #742025 #A42D35 #CB434C #D9737A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#A42D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A42D35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42D35

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42D35	1.00	6.99	3.01	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.155 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f6c',
    500: '#a42d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42d35;
$custom-light: #c66f6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.966,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48352,
    "c": 0.15468,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42D35

secondary

#6DC0BA

accent

#E0D648

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42D35

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

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