#A42E46#A42E46

#A42E46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.154 H 13.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E46
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 70)
HSL	hsl(348, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(348, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 57.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.36, 49.56, 14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.36, 51.54, 15.91°)
OKLab	oklab(48.81% 0.1494 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(48.81% 0.154 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3940, 10.2911, 6.8636)
Luminance	0.1029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E46 #2EA48C

analogous

#A42E81 #A42E46 #A4512E

triadic

#A42E46 #46A42E #2E46A4

tetradic

#A42E46 #81A42E #2EA48C #512EA4

square

#A42E46 #81A42E #2EA48C #512EA4

split-complementary

#A42E46 #2EA451 #2E81A4

monochromatic

#44131D #742132 #A42E46 #CB4560 #D87489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#A42E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A42E46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E46

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E46	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)

#4C4B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B31038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.154 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57079',
    500: '#a42e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e46;
$custom-light: #c57079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.797,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48805,
    "c": 0.15351,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E46

secondary

#6EC0AF

accent

#DFC148

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E46

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

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