#A42E49#A42E49

#A42E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.154 H 11.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E49
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 73)
HSL	hsl(346, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(346, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.43, 49.79, 12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.43, 51.30, 13.89°)
OKLab	oklab(48.88% 0.1506 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(48.88% 0.154 11.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4910, 10.3300, 7.3749)
Luminance	0.1033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E49 #2EA489

analogous

#A42E84 #A42E49 #A44E2E

triadic

#A42E49 #49A42E #2E49A4

tetradic

#A42E49 #84A42E #2EA489 #4E2EA4

square

#A42E49 #84A42E #2EA489 #4E2EA4

split-complementary

#A42E49 #2EA44E #2E84A4

monochromatic

#44131E #742134 #A42E49 #CB4563 #D8748B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85

#A42E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A42E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E49

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E49	1.00	6.85	3.07	6.85
#FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B31239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.154 11.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5707b',
    500: '#a42e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e49;
$custom-light: #c5707b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.271,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48878,
    "c": 0.15379,
    "h": 11.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E49

secondary

#6EC0AD

accent

#DFBD48

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E49

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

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