#A42D38#A42D38

#A42D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.154 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42D38
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 56)
HSL	hsl(354, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(354, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.95, 48.99, 22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.95, 53.87, 24.58°)
OKLab	oklab(48.41% 0.145 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(48.41% 0.154 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9638, 10.0573, 4.7886)
Luminance	0.1006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42D38 #2DA499

analogous

#A42D73 #A42D38 #A45D2D

triadic

#A42D38 #38A42D #2D38A4

tetradic

#A42D38 #73A42D #2DA499 #5D2DA4

square

#A42D38 #73A42D #2DA499 #5D2DA4

split-complementary

#A42D38 #2DA45D #2D73A4

monochromatic

#441317 #742028 #A42D38 #CB434F #D9737C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#A42D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A42D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42D38

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42D38	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40432

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.154 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f6e',
    500: '#a42d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42d38;
$custom-light: #c66f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.454,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48406,
    "c": 0.15448,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42D38

secondary

#6DC0B8

accent

#E0D248

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42D38

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

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