#A4272C#A4272C

#A4272C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.161 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4272C
RGB	rgb(164, 39, 44)
HSL	hsl(358, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.98, 50.51, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.98, 58.07, 29.57°)
OKLab	oklab(47.63% 0.1472 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(47.63% 0.161 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4919, 9.5279, 3.3531)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4272C #27A49F

analogous

#A4276B #A4272C #A46127

triadic

#A4272C #2CA427 #272CA4

tetradic

#A4272C #6BA427 #27A49F #6127A4

square

#A4272C #6BA427 #27A49F #6127A4

split-complementary

#A4272C #27A461 #276BA4

monochromatic

#410F11 #731B1F #A4272C #D0383E #DC6A6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#A4272C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A4272C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4272C

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4272C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4272C	1.00	7.23	2.91	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4272c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 39, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.161 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76c65',
    500: '#a4272c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4272c;
$custom-light: #c76c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4272c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.6,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47629,
    "c": 0.16102,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4272C

secondary

#65C2BE

accent

#E5DE43

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4272C

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

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