#A42F49#A42F49

#A42F49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.153 H 11.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42F49
RGB	rgb(164, 47, 73)
HSL	hsl(347, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(347, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.57, 49.41, 12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.57, 50.97, 14.20°)
OKLab	oklab(48.98% 0.1494 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(48.98% 0.153 11.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5306, 10.4090, 7.3881)
Luminance	0.1041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42F49 #2FA48A

analogous

#A42F84 #A42F49 #A4502F

triadic

#A42F49 #49A42F #2F49A4

tetradic

#A42F49 #84A42F #2FA48A #502FA4

square

#A42F49 #84A42F #2FA48A #502FA4

split-complementary

#A42F49 #2FA450 #2F84A4

monochromatic

#45141F #742134 #A42F49 #CA4663 #D8768B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#A42F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A42F49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42F49

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42F49	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)

#4C4C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3143A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 47, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.153 11.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5707b',
    500: '#a42f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42f49;
$custom-light: #c5707b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48981,
    "c": 0.15268,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42F49

secondary

#6FC0AE

accent

#DFBD49

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42F49

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

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