#A42E34#A42E34

#A42E34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.154 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E34
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 52)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(357, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 68.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.02, 48.38, 24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.02, 54.45, 27.32°)
OKLab	oklab(48.44% 0.1422 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(48.44% 0.154 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9085, 10.0969, 4.3067)
Luminance	0.1009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E34 #2EA49E

analogous

#A42E6F #A42E34 #A4632E

triadic

#A42E34 #34A42E #2E34A4

tetradic

#A42E34 #6FA42E #2EA49E #632EA4

square

#A42E34 #6FA42E #2EA49E #632EA4

split-complementary

#A42E34 #2EA463 #2E6FA4

monochromatic

#441316 #742125 #A42E34 #CB454B #D87479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A42E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A42E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E34

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E34	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40531

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.154 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f6b',
    500: '#a42e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e34;
$custom-light: #c66f6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.949,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48438,
    "c": 0.15378,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E34

secondary

#6EC0BC

accent

#DFD848

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E34

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

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