#A42E44#A42E44

#A42E44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.153 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E44
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 68)
HSL	hsl(349, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(349, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 58.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.32, 49.41, 15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.32, 51.74, 17.24°)
OKLab	oklab(48.76% 0.1486 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(48.76% 0.153 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3319, 10.2663, 6.5367)
Luminance	0.1026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E44 #2EA48E

analogous

#A42E7F #A42E44 #A4532E

triadic

#A42E44 #44A42E #2E44A4

tetradic

#A42E44 #7FA42E #2EA48E #532EA4

square

#A42E44 #7FA42E #2EA48E #532EA4

split-complementary

#A42E44 #2EA453 #2E7FA4

monochromatic

#44131C #742130 #A42E44 #CB455E #D87487

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#A42E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A42E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E44

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E44	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)

#4D4B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40F37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.153 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57077',
    500: '#a42e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e44;
$custom-light: #c57077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.814,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48758,
    "c": 0.1534,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E44

secondary

#6EC0B1

accent

#DFC348

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E44

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

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