#A42D3E#A42D3E

#A42D3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.154 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42D3E
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 62)
HSL	hsl(351, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(351, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 62.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.06, 49.37, 18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.06, 52.82, 20.83°)
OKLab	oklab(48.53% 0.1474 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(48.53% 0.154 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1195, 10.1195, 5.6083)
Luminance	0.1012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42D3E #2DA493

analogous

#A42D79 #A42D3E #A4572D

triadic

#A42D3E #3EA42D #2D3EA4

tetradic

#A42D3E #79A42D #2DA493 #572DA4

square

#A42D3E #79A42D #2DA493 #572DA4

split-complementary

#A42D3E #2DA457 #2D79A4

monochromatic

#44131A #74202C #A42D3E #CB4356 #D97381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#A42D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A42D3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42D3E

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42D3E	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B633B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40834

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.154 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f73',
    500: '#a42d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42d3e;
$custom-light: #c66f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48525,
    "c": 0.1543,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42D3E

secondary

#6DC0B4

accent

#E0CA48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42D3E

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

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