#A42F45#A42F45

#A42F45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.152 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42F45
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 69)
HSL	hsl(349, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(349, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 57.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.48, 49.10, 14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.48, 51.32, 16.90°)
OKLab	oklab(48.89% 0.1478 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(48.89% 0.152 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4022, 10.3576, 6.7119)
Luminance	0.1036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42F45 #2FA48E

analogous

#A42F80 #A42F45 #A4542F

triadic

#A42F45 #45A42F #2F45A4

tetradic

#A42F45 #80A42F #2FA48E #542FA4

square

#A42F45 #80A42F #2FA48E #542FA4

split-complementary

#A42F45 #2FA454 #2F80A4

monochromatic

#45141D #742131 #A42F45 #CA465F #D87688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#A42F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A42F45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42F45

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42F45	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4B45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B31238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.152 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57078',
    500: '#a42f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42f45;
$custom-light: #c57078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.718,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48885,
    "c": 0.15236,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42F45

secondary

#6FC0B0

accent

#DFC349

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42F45

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

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