#A42D41#A42D41

#A42D41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.154 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42D41
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 65)
HSL	hsl(350, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(350, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 60.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.12, 49.58, 16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.12, 52.40, 18.90°)
OKLab	oklab(48.59% 0.1486 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(48.59% 0.154 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2041, 10.1534, 6.0539)
Luminance	0.1015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42D41 #2DA490

analogous

#A42D7C #A42D41 #A4542D

triadic

#A42D41 #41A42D #2D41A4

tetradic

#A42D41 #7CA42D #2DA490 #542DA4

square

#A42D41 #7CA42D #2DA490 #542DA4

split-complementary

#A42D41 #2DA454 #2D7CA4

monochromatic

#44131B #74202E #A42D41 #CB435A #D97384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#A42D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A42D41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42D41

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42D41	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B633E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40A35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.154 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f75',
    500: '#a42d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42d41;
$custom-light: #c56f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.916,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48589,
    "c": 0.15433,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42D41

secondary

#6DC0B2

accent

#E0C748

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42D41

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

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