#A42F38#A42F38

#A42F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.152 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42F38
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 56)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.22, 48.22, 22.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.22, 53.33, 25.27°)
OKLab	oklab(48.61% 0.1425 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(48.61% 0.152 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0419, 10.2135, 4.8147)
Luminance	0.1021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42F38 #2FA49B

analogous

#A42F73 #A42F38 #A4612F

triadic

#A42F38 #38A42F #2F38A4

tetradic

#A42F38 #73A42F #2FA49B #612FA4

square

#A42F38 #73A42F #2FA49B #612FA4

split-complementary

#A42F38 #2FA461 #2F73A4

monochromatic

#451418 #742128 #A42F38 #CA4650 #D8767D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#A42F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A42F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42F38

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42F38	1.00	6.90	3.04	6.90
#FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40A33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.152 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6706e',
    500: '#a42f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42f38;
$custom-light: #c6706e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48614,
    "c": 0.15246,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42F38

secondary

#6FC0B9

accent

#DFD349

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42F38

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

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