#A4212D#A4212D

#A4212D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.166 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4212D
RGB	rgb(164, 33, 45)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.31, 52.47, 27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.31, 59.13, 27.46°)
OKLab	oklab(47.14% 0.1537 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(47.14% 0.166 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3292, 9.1723, 3.3927)
Luminance	0.0917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4212D #21A498

analogous

#A4216E #A4212D #A45621

triadic

#A4212D #2DA421 #212DA4

tetradic

#A4212D #6EA421 #21A498 #5621A4

square

#A4212D #6EA421 #21A498 #5621A4

split-complementary

#A4212D #21A456 #216EA4

monochromatic

#3E0C11 #71171F #A4212D #D52D3D #DF606C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#A4212D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#A4212D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4212D

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4212D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4212D	1.00	7.41	2.83	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49442C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4212d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 33, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.166 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76a66',
    500: '#a4212d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4212d;
$custom-light: #c76a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4212d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.504,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47137,
    "c": 0.16585,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4212D

secondary

#5DC4BA

accent

#E9DA3E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4212D

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

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