#A42D3C#A42D3C

#A42D3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.154 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42D3C
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 60)
HSL	hsl(352, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(352, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 63.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.02, 49.24, 20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.02, 53.15, 22.10°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% 0.1466 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.154 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0656, 10.0980, 5.3246)
Luminance	0.1010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42D3C #2DA495

analogous

#A42D77 #A42D3C #A4592D

triadic

#A42D3C #3CA42D #2D3CA4

tetradic

#A42D3C #77A42D #2DA495 #592DA4

square

#A42D3C #77A42D #2DA495 #592DA4

split-complementary

#A42D3C #2DA459 #2D77A4

monochromatic

#441319 #74202A #A42D3C #CB4354 #D97380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A42D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A42D3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42D3C

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42D3C	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40733

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.154 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f71',
    500: '#a42d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42d3c;
$custom-light: #c66f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.437,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48484,
    "c": 0.15432,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42D3C

secondary

#6DC0B6

accent

#E0CD48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42D3C

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

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