#A4282E#A4282E

#A4282E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.160 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4282E
RGB	rgb(164, 40, 46)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.13, 50.26, 27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.13, 57.35, 28.79°)
OKLab	oklab(47.75% 0.1469 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(47.75% 0.16 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5636, 9.6099, 3.5670)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4282E #28A49E

analogous

#A4286C #A4282E #A46028

triadic

#A4282E #2EA428 #282EA4

tetradic

#A4282E #6CA428 #28A49E #6028A4

square

#A4282E #6CA428 #28A49E #6028A4

split-complementary

#A4282E #28A460 #286CA4

monochromatic

#421012 #731C20 #A4282E #CF3A41 #DB6B71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A4282E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A4282E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4282E

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4282E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4282E	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)

#4D462D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B612A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4282e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 40, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.160 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76c67',
    500: '#a4282e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4282e;
$custom-light: #c76c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4282e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.097,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47751,
    "c": 0.15995,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4282E

secondary

#66C1BD

accent

#E4DC44

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4282E

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

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