#A14537#A14537

#A14537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.125 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A14537
RGB	rgb(161, 69, 55)
HSL	hsl(8, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 65.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.39, 37.16, 27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.39, 46.05, 36.20°)
OKLab	oklab(50.89% 0.1079 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(50.89% 0.125 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5173, 12.1114, 5.0290)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A14537 #3793A1

analogous

#A1375E #A14537 #A17A37

triadic

#A14537 #37A145 #4537A1

tetradic

#A14537 #5EA137 #3793A1 #7A37A1

square

#A14537 #5EA137 #3793A1 #7A37A1

split-complementary

#A14537 #37A17A #375EA1

monochromatic

#461E18 #733127 #A14537 #C46151 #D38A7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#A14537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#A14537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A14537

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A14537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A14537	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B03342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a14537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 69, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.125 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37c6e',
    500: '#a14537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a14537;
$custom-light: #c37c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a14537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.925,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5089,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A14537

secondary

#77B3BD

accent

#C6D94F

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEC

border

#D2C9C7

text

#140A07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A14537

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

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