#A42E45#A42E45

#A42E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.153 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E45
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 69)
HSL	hsl(348, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(348, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 57.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.34, 49.49, 14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.34, 51.63, 16.58°)
OKLab	oklab(48.78% 0.149 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(48.78% 0.153 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3627, 10.2786, 6.6988)
Luminance	0.1028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E45 #2EA48D

analogous

#A42E80 #A42E45 #A4522E

triadic

#A42E45 #45A42E #2E45A4

tetradic

#A42E45 #80A42E #2EA48D #522EA4

square

#A42E45 #80A42E #2EA48D #522EA4

split-complementary

#A42E45 #2EA452 #2E80A4

monochromatic

#44131D #742131 #A42E45 #CB455F #D87488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#A42E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A42E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E45

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E45	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4B45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B31037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.153 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57078',
    500: '#a42e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e45;
$custom-light: #c57078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.305,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48781,
    "c": 0.15345,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E45

secondary

#6EC0B0

accent

#DFC248

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E45

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

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