#A42E3C#A42E3C

#A42E3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.153 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E3C
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 60)
HSL	hsl(353, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 63.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.16, 48.86, 20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.16, 52.86, 22.44°)
OKLab	oklab(48.59% 0.1454 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(48.59% 0.153 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1042, 10.1752, 5.3375)
Luminance	0.1017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E3C #2EA496

analogous

#A42E77 #A42E3C #A45B2E

triadic

#A42E3C #3CA42E #2E3CA4

tetradic

#A42E3C #77A42E #2EA496 #5B2EA4

square

#A42E3C #77A42E #2EA496 #5B2EA4

split-complementary

#A42E3C #2EA45B #2E77A4

monochromatic

#441319 #74212B #A42E3C #CB4554 #D87480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#A42E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A42E3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E3C

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E3C	1.00	6.92	3.03	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40A34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.153 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f71',
    500: '#a42e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e3c;
$custom-light: #c66f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.881,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48586,
    "c": 0.1533,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E3C

secondary

#6EC0B6

accent

#DFCE48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E3C

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

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