#A42E4B#A42E4B

#A42E4B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.154 H 10.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42E4B
RGB	rgb(164, 46, 75)
HSL	hsl(345, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(345, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 54.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.48, 49.96, 11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.48, 51.18, 12.54°)
OKLab	oklab(48.93% 0.1514 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(48.93% 0.154 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5584, 10.3569, 7.7297)
Luminance	0.1036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42E4B #2EA487

analogous

#A42E86 #A42E4B #A44C2E

triadic

#A42E4B #4BA42E #2E4BA4

tetradic

#A42E4B #86A42E #2EA487 #4C2EA4

square

#A42E4B #86A42E #2EA487 #4C2EA4

split-complementary

#A42E4B #2EA44C #2E86A4

monochromatic

#44131F #742135 #A42E4B #CB4565 #D8748D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#A42E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A42E4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42E4B

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42E4B	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)

#4B4B4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3133A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 46, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.154 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5707d',
    500: '#a42e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42e4b;
$custom-light: #c5707d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.254,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48928,
    "c": 0.15402,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42E4B

secondary

#6EC0AC

accent

#DFBA48

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDEE

border

#D2C8C9

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42E4B

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

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