#A42D47#A42D47

#A42D47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.155 H 12.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42D47
RGB	rgb(164, 45, 71)
HSL	hsl(347, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(347, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 56.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.25, 50.02, 13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.25, 51.76, 14.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.73% 0.151 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(48.73% 0.155 12.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3872, 10.2266, 7.0184)
Luminance	0.1022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42D47 #2DA48A

analogous

#A42D82 #A42D47 #A44E2D

triadic

#A42D47 #47A42D #2D47A4

tetradic

#A42D47 #82A42D #2DA48A #4E2DA4

square

#A42D47 #82A42D #2DA48A #4E2DA4

split-complementary

#A42D47 #2DA44E #2D82A4

monochromatic

#44131D #742032 #A42D47 #CB4361 #D97389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#A42D47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A42D47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42D47

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42D47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42D47	1.00	6.90	3.04	6.90
#FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30F38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42d47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 45, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.155 12.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f7a',
    500: '#a42d47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42d47;
$custom-light: #c56f7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42d47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.891,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48728,
    "c": 0.15468,
    "h": 12.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42D47

secondary

#6DC0AE

accent

#E0BF48

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42D47

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

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