#A42F43#A42F43

#A42F43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.152 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42F43
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 67)
HSL	hsl(350, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(350, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 59.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.43, 48.96, 16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.43, 51.54, 18.23°)
OKLab	oklab(48.84% 0.147 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(48.84% 0.152 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3412, 10.3332, 6.3905)
Luminance	0.1033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42F43 #2FA490

analogous

#A42F7E #A42F43 #A4562F

triadic

#A42F43 #43A42F #2F43A4

tetradic

#A42F43 #7EA42F #2FA490 #562FA4

square

#A42F43 #7EA42F #2FA490 #562FA4

split-complementary

#A42F43 #2FA456 #2F7EA4

monochromatic

#45141C #742130 #A42F43 #CA465D #D87686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85

#A42F43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A42F43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42F43

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42F43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42F43	1.00	6.85	3.07	6.85
#FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B41137

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42f43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.152 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57076',
    500: '#a42f43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42f43;
$custom-light: #c57076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42f43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.744,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48839,
    "c": 0.15227,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42F43

secondary

#6FC0B2

accent

#DFC549

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42F43

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

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