#A42E30#A42E30

#A42E30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.154 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E30
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 48)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 70.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.95, 48.17, 27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.95, 55.40, 29.60°)
OKLab	oklab(48.37% 0.1407 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(48.37% 0.154 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8222, 10.0624, 3.8522)
Luminance	0.1006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E30 #2EA4A2

analogous

#A42E6B #A42E30 #A4672E

triadic

#A42E30 #30A42E #2E30A4

tetradic

#A42E30 #6BA42E #2EA4A2 #672EA4

square

#A42E30 #6BA42E #2EA4A2 #672EA4

split-complementary

#A42E30 #2EA467 #2E6BA4

monochromatic

#441314 #742122 #A42E30 #CB4547 #D87476

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#A42E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A42E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E30

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E30	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50492F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D632C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40230

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.154 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76f68',
    500: '#a42e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e30;
$custom-light: #c76f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.983,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48372,
    "c": 0.1542,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E30

secondary

#6EC0BE

accent

#DFDD48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E30

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

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