#A42F35#A42F35

#A42F35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.153 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42F35
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 53)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.17, 48.05, 24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.17, 53.96, 27.08°)
OKLab	oklab(48.56% 0.1414 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(48.56% 0.153 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9708, 10.1851, 4.4398)
Luminance	0.1018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42F35 #2FA49E

analogous

#A42F70 #A42F35 #A4642F

triadic

#A42F35 #35A42F #2F35A4

tetradic

#A42F35 #70A42F #2FA49E #642FA4

square

#A42F35 #70A42F #2FA49E #642FA4

split-complementary

#A42F35 #2FA464 #2F70A4

monochromatic

#451416 #742126 #A42F35 #CA464D #D8767B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#A42F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A42F35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42F35

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42F35	1.00	6.92	3.04	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40932

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.153 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6706c',
    500: '#a42f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42f35;
$custom-light: #c6706c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.923,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4856,
    "c": 0.1527,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42F35

secondary

#6FC0BB

accent

#DFD749

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42F35

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

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