#A42E39#A42E39

#A42E39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.153 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E39
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 57)
HSL	hsl(354, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(354, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 65.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.10, 48.67, 21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.10, 53.41, 24.31°)
OKLab	oklab(48.53% 0.1442 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(48.53% 0.153 20)
XYZ	xyz(17.0271, 10.1444, 4.9316)
Luminance	0.1014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E39 #2EA499

analogous

#A42E74 #A42E39 #A45E2E

triadic

#A42E39 #39A42E #2E39A4

tetradic

#A42E39 #74A42E #2EA499 #5E2EA4

square

#A42E39 #74A42E #2EA499 #5E2EA4

split-complementary

#A42E39 #2EA45E #2E74A4

monochromatic

#441318 #742128 #A42E39 #CB4551 #D8747E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#A42E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A42E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E39

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E39	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40833

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.153 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f6f',
    500: '#a42e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e39;
$custom-light: #c66f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.407,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48528,
    "c": 0.15341,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.10142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E39

secondary

#6EC0B8

accent

#DFD148

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E39

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

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