#A42E4A#A42E4A

#A42E4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.154 H 11.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E4A
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 74)
HSL	hsl(346, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(346, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 54.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.45, 49.88, 11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.45, 51.23, 13.22°)
OKLab	oklab(48.9% 0.151 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(48.9% 0.154 11.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5245, 10.3433, 7.5509)
Luminance	0.1034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E4A #2EA488

analogous

#A42E85 #A42E4A #A44D2E

triadic

#A42E4A #4AA42E #2E4AA4

tetradic

#A42E4A #85A42E #2EA488 #4D2EA4

square

#A42E4A #85A42E #2EA488 #4D2EA4

split-complementary

#A42E4A #2EA44D #2E85A4

monochromatic

#44131F #742134 #A42E4A #CB4564 #D8748C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#A42E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A42E4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E4A

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E4A	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4B4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B31339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.154 11.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5707c',
    500: '#a42e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e4a;
$custom-light: #c5707c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.763,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48903,
    "c": 0.1539,
    "h": 11.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E4A

secondary

#6EC0AC

accent

#DFBC48

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDEE

border

#D2C8C9

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E4A

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

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