#A42E40#A42E40

#A42E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.153 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E40
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 64)
HSL	hsl(351, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(351, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.23, 49.13, 17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.23, 52.24, 19.87°)
OKLab	oklab(48.67% 0.147 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(48.67% 0.153 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2140, 10.2191, 5.9155)
Luminance	0.1022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E40 #2EA492

analogous

#A42E7B #A42E40 #A4572E

triadic

#A42E40 #40A42E #2E40A4

tetradic

#A42E40 #7BA42E #2EA492 #572EA4

square

#A42E40 #7BA42E #2EA492 #572EA4

split-complementary

#A42E40 #2EA457 #2E7BA4

monochromatic

#44131B #74212D #A42E40 #CB4559 #D87484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#A42E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A42E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E40

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E40	1.00	6.90	3.04	6.90
#FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B633D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40D35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.153 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57074',
    500: '#a42e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e40;
$custom-light: #c57074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.847,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48669,
    "c": 0.15327,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E40

secondary

#6EC0B3

accent

#DFC848

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E40

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

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