#A42F30#A42F30

#A42F30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.153 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42F30
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 48)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(359, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 70.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.09, 47.78, 27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.09, 55.15, 29.96°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% 0.1394 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.153 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8617, 10.1414, 3.8654)
Luminance	0.1014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42F30 #2FA4A3

analogous

#A42F6B #A42F30 #A4692F

triadic

#A42F30 #30A42F #2F30A4

tetradic

#A42F30 #6BA42F #2FA4A3 #692FA4

square

#A42F30 #6BA42F #2FA4A3 #692FA4

split-complementary

#A42F30 #2FA469 #2F6BA4

monochromatic

#451414 #742122 #A42F30 #CA4647 #D87677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#A42F30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A42F30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42F30

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42F30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42F30	1.00	6.94	3.03	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D632C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40631

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42f30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.153 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67068',
    500: '#a42f30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42f30;
$custom-light: #c67068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42f30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.487,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48477,
    "c": 0.15323,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42F30

secondary

#6FC0BF

accent

#DFDD49

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42F30

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

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