#A4282D#A4282D

#A4282D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.160 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4282D
RGB	rgb(164, 40, 45)
HSL	hsl(358, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.12, 50.21, 28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.12, 57.59, 29.33°)
OKLab	oklab(47.74% 0.1465 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(47.74% 0.16 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5442, 9.6021, 3.4644)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4282D #28A49F

analogous

#A4286B #A4282D #A46128

triadic

#A4282D #2DA428 #282DA4

tetradic

#A4282D #6BA428 #28A49F #6128A4

square

#A4282D #6BA428 #28A49F #6128A4

split-complementary

#A4282D #28A461 #286BA4

monochromatic

#421012 #731C1F #A4282D #CF3A40 #DB6B70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A4282D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A4282D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4282D

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4282D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4282D	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D462C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4282d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 40, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.160 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76c66',
    500: '#a4282d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4282d;
$custom-light: #c76c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4282d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.581,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47735,
    "c": 0.16004,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4282D

secondary

#66C1BE

accent

#E4DD44

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4282D

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

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