#A42F34#A42F34

#A42F34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.153 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42F34
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 52)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 68.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.16, 47.99, 25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.16, 54.19, 27.67°)
OKLab	oklab(48.54% 0.141 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(48.54% 0.153 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9480, 10.1760, 4.3199)
Luminance	0.1017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42F34 #2FA49F

analogous

#A42F6F #A42F34 #A4652F

triadic

#A42F34 #34A42F #2F34A4

tetradic

#A42F34 #6FA42F #2FA49F #652FA4

square

#A42F34 #6FA42F #2FA49F #652FA4

split-complementary

#A42F34 #2FA465 #2F6FA4

monochromatic

#451416 #742125 #A42F34 #CA464C #D8767A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#A42F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A42F34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42F34

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42F34	1.00	6.92	3.03	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40832

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.153 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6706b',
    500: '#a42f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42f34;
$custom-light: #c6706b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.436,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48542,
    "c": 0.15279,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42F34

secondary

#6FC0BC

accent

#DFD849

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42F34

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

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