#A42F48#A42F48

#A42F48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.153 H 12.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42F48
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 72)
HSL	hsl(347, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(347, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 56.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.54, 49.33, 13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.54, 51.05, 14.88°)
OKLab	oklab(48.96% 0.149 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(48.96% 0.153 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4977, 10.3958, 7.2148)
Luminance	0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42F48 #2FA48B

analogous

#A42F83 #A42F48 #A4512F

triadic

#A42F48 #48A42F #2F48A4

tetradic

#A42F48 #83A42F #2FA48B #512FA4

square

#A42F48 #83A42F #2FA48B #512FA4

split-complementary

#A42F48 #2FA451 #2F83A4

monochromatic

#45141E #742133 #A42F48 #CA4662 #D8768B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#A42F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A42F48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42F48

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42F48	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B31439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.153 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5707a',
    500: '#a42f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42f48;
$custom-light: #c5707a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.179,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48956,
    "c": 0.15258,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42F48

secondary

#6FC0AE

accent

#DFBF49

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42F48

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

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