#A42E43#A42E43

#A42E43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.153 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E43
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 67)
HSL	hsl(349, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(349, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 59.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.29, 49.34, 15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.29, 51.85, 17.91°)
OKLab	oklab(48.74% 0.1482 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(48.74% 0.153 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3016, 10.2542, 6.3773)
Luminance	0.1025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E43 #2EA48F

analogous

#A42E7E #A42E43 #A4542E

triadic

#A42E43 #43A42E #2E43A4

tetradic

#A42E43 #7EA42E #2EA48F #542EA4

square

#A42E43 #7EA42E #2EA48F #542EA4

split-complementary

#A42E43 #2EA454 #2E7EA4

monochromatic

#44131C #74212F #A42E43 #CB455C #D87486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#A42E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A42E43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E43

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E43	1.00	6.88	3.05	6.88
#FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40F37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.153 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57076',
    500: '#a42e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e43;
$custom-light: #c57076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.322,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48735,
    "c": 0.15334,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E43

secondary

#6EC0B1

accent

#DFC548

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E43

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

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