#A42D44#A42D44

#A42D44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.154 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42D44
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 68)
HSL	hsl(348, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(348, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 58.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.18, 49.79, 15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.18, 52.05, 16.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.66% 0.1498 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(48.66% 0.154 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2933, 10.1891, 6.5238)
Luminance	0.1019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42D44 #2DA48D

analogous

#A42D7F #A42D44 #A4512D

triadic

#A42D44 #44A42D #2D44A4

tetradic

#A42D44 #7FA42D #2DA48D #512DA4

square

#A42D44 #7FA42D #2DA48D #512DA4

split-complementary

#A42D44 #2DA451 #2D7FA4

monochromatic

#44131C #742030 #A42D44 #CB435D #D97387

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.91

#A42D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A42D44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42D44

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42D44	1.00	6.91	3.04	6.91
#FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40D36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.154 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f77',
    500: '#a42d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42d44;
$custom-light: #c56f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.403,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48657,
    "c": 0.15446,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42D44

secondary

#6DC0B0

accent

#E0C348

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42D44

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

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