#A4272E#A4272E

#A4272E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.161 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4272E
RGB	rgb(164, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(357, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.01, 50.60, 27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.01, 57.58, 28.49°)
OKLab	oklab(47.66% 0.1479 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(47.66% 0.161 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5304, 9.5433, 3.5559)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4272E #27A49D

analogous

#A4276D #A4272E #A45F27

triadic

#A4272E #2EA427 #272EA4

tetradic

#A4272E #6DA427 #27A49D #5F27A4

square

#A4272E #6DA427 #27A49D #5F27A4

split-complementary

#A4272E #27A45F #276DA4

monochromatic

#410F12 #731B20 #A4272E #D03841 #DC6A70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A4272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A4272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4272E

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4272E	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B612A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.161 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76c66',
    500: '#a4272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4272e;
$custom-light: #c76c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.64,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47659,
    "c": 0.16082,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4272E

secondary

#65C2BD

accent

#E5DC43

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4272E

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

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