#A42E3A#A42E3A

#A42E3A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.153 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E3A
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 58)
HSL	hsl(354, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(354, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 64.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.12, 48.73, 21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.12, 53.22, 23.69°)
OKLab	oklab(48.55% 0.1446 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(48.55% 0.153 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0523, 10.1545, 5.0643)
Luminance	0.1015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E3A #2EA498

analogous

#A42E75 #A42E3A #A45D2E

triadic

#A42E3A #3AA42E #2E3AA4

tetradic

#A42E3A #75A42E #2EA498 #5D2EA4

square

#A42E3A #75A42E #2EA498 #5D2EA4

split-complementary

#A42E3A #2EA45D #2E75A4

monochromatic

#441318 #742129 #A42E3A #CB4552 #D8747E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#A42E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A42E3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E3A

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E3A	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)

#4E4A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40833

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.153 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f70',
    500: '#a42e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e3a;
$custom-light: #c66f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.898,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48547,
    "c": 0.15337,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E3A

secondary

#6EC0B8

accent

#DFD048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E3A

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

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