#A42F41#A42F41

#A42F41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.152 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42F41
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 65)
HSL	hsl(351, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 60.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.39, 48.81, 17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.39, 51.80, 19.55°)
OKLab	oklab(48.8% 0.1462 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(48.8% 0.152 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2822, 10.3096, 6.0799)
Luminance	0.1031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42F41 #2FA492

analogous

#A42F7C #A42F41 #A4582F

triadic

#A42F41 #41A42F #2F41A4

tetradic

#A42F41 #7CA42F #2FA492 #582FA4

square

#A42F41 #7CA42F #2FA492 #582FA4

split-complementary

#A42F41 #2FA458 #2F7CA4

monochromatic

#45141B #74212E #A42F41 #CA465A #D87685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#A42F41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A42F41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42F41

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42F41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42F41	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C633E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B41036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42f41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.152 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57075',
    500: '#a42f41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42f41;
$custom-light: #c57075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42f41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48795,
    "c": 0.15222,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42F41

secondary

#6FC0B3

accent

#DFC849

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42F41

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

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