#A44042#A44042

#A44042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.133 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A44042
RGB	rgb(164, 64, 66)
HSL	hsl(359, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.14, 41.50, 20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.14, 46.21, 26.11°)
OKLab	oklab(50.86% 0.1231 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(50.86% 0.133 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1282, 11.9550, 6.5061)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A44042 #40A4A2

analogous

#A44074 #A44042 #A47040

triadic

#A44042 #42A440 #4042A4

tetradic

#A44042 #74A440 #40A4A2 #7040A4

square

#A44042 #74A440 #40A4A2 #7040A4

split-complementary

#A44042 #40A470 #4074A4

monochromatic

#4C1E1F #782F30 #A44042 #C16062 #D28C8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#A44042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#A44042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A44042

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A44042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A44042	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B32D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a44042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 64, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.133 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47976',
    500: '#a44042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a44042;
$custom-light: #c47976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a44042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5086,
    "c": 0.13271,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A44042

secondary

#83BDBC

accent

#D4D154

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A44042

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

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