#A42E3D#A42E3D

#A42E3D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.153 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E3D
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 61)
HSL	hsl(352, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(352, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 62.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.17, 48.93, 19.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.17, 52.69, 21.80°)
OKLab	oklab(48.61% 0.1458 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(48.61% 0.153 18)
XYZ	xyz(17.1309, 10.1859, 5.4780)
Luminance	0.1018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E3D #2EA495

analogous

#A42E78 #A42E3D #A45A2E

triadic

#A42E3D #3DA42E #2E3DA4

tetradic

#A42E3D #78A42E #2EA495 #5A2EA4

square

#A42E3D #78A42E #2EA495 #5A2EA4

split-complementary

#A42E3D #2EA45A #2E78A4

monochromatic

#441319 #74212B #A42E3D #CB4556 #D87481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#A42E3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A42E3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E3D

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E3D	1.00	6.92	3.04	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C633A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40B34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.153 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f72',
    500: '#a42e3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e3d;
$custom-light: #c66f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.373,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48606,
    "c": 0.15327,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.10183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E3D

secondary

#6EC0B5

accent

#DFCC48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E3D

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

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