#A42E31#A42E31

#A42E31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.154 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E31
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 49)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.97, 48.22, 26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.97, 55.15, 29.04°)
OKLab	oklab(48.39% 0.141 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(48.39% 0.154 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8431, 10.0708, 3.9621)
Luminance	0.1007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E31 #2EA4A1

analogous

#A42E6C #A42E31 #A4662E

triadic

#A42E31 #31A42E #2E31A4

tetradic

#A42E31 #6CA42E #2EA4A1 #662EA4

square

#A42E31 #6CA42E #2EA4A1 #662EA4

split-complementary

#A42E31 #2EA466 #2E6CA4

monochromatic

#441314 #742123 #A42E31 #CB4548 #D87477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#A42E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A42E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E31

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E31	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)

#4F4930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D632D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40330

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.154 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f69',
    500: '#a42e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e31;
$custom-light: #c66f69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.475,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48388,
    "c": 0.15408,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E31

secondary

#6EC0BE

accent

#DFDC48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E31

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

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