#A42E36#A42E36

#A42E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.154 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E36
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 54)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.05, 48.49, 23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.05, 54.01, 26.13°)
OKLab	oklab(48.47% 0.143 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(48.47% 0.154 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9545, 10.1153, 4.5490)
Luminance	0.1011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E36 #2EA49C

analogous

#A42E71 #A42E36 #A4612E

triadic

#A42E36 #36A42E #2E36A4

tetradic

#A42E36 #71A42E #2EA49C #612EA4

square

#A42E36 #71A42E #2EA49C #612EA4

split-complementary

#A42E36 #2EA461 #2E71A4

monochromatic

#441317 #742126 #A42E36 #CB454E #D8747B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#A42E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A42E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E36

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E36	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40632

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.154 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f6d',
    500: '#a42e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e36;
$custom-light: #c66f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.932,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48473,
    "c": 0.15361,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E36

secondary

#6EC0BA

accent

#DFD548

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E36

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

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