#A42E42#A42E42

#A42E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.153 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E42
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 66)
HSL	hsl(350, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(350, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.27, 49.27, 16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.27, 51.97, 18.56°)
OKLab	oklab(48.71% 0.1478 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(48.71% 0.153 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2719, 10.2423, 6.2207)
Luminance	0.1024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E42 #2EA490

analogous

#A42E7D #A42E42 #A4552E

triadic

#A42E42 #42A42E #2E42A4

tetradic

#A42E42 #7DA42E #2EA490 #552EA4

square

#A42E42 #7DA42E #2EA490 #552EA4

split-complementary

#A42E42 #2EA455 #2E7DA4

monochromatic

#44131C #74212F #A42E42 #CB455B #D87485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#A42E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A42E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E42

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E42	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B633F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40E36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.153 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57076',
    500: '#a42e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e42;
$custom-light: #c57076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.831,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48713,
    "c": 0.15331,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E42

secondary

#6EC0B2

accent

#DFC648

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E42

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

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