#A42E3E#A42E3E

#A42E3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.153 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E3E
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 62)
HSL	hsl(352, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(352, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 62.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.19, 48.99, 18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.19, 52.53, 21.16°)
OKLab	oklab(48.63% 0.1462 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(48.63% 0.153 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1581, 10.1968, 5.6212)
Luminance	0.1019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E3E #2EA494

analogous

#A42E79 #A42E3E #A4592E

triadic

#A42E3E #3EA42E #2E3EA4

tetradic

#A42E3E #79A42E #2EA494 #592EA4

square

#A42E3E #79A42E #2EA494 #592EA4

split-complementary

#A42E3E #2EA459 #2E79A4

monochromatic

#44131A #74212C #A42E3E #CB4557 #D87482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.91

#A42E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A42E3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E3E

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E3E	1.00	6.91	3.04	6.91
#FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C633B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40B35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.153 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f73',
    500: '#a42e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e3e;
$custom-light: #c66f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.864,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48627,
    "c": 0.15327,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E3E

secondary

#6EC0B5

accent

#DFCB48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E3E

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

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