#A4422A#A4422A

#A4422A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.135 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4422A
RGB	rgb(164, 66, 42)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.15, 39.07, 34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.15, 52.15, 41.48°)
OKLab	oklab(50.75% 0.1109 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(50.75% 0.135 35)
XYZ	xyz(17.6778, 11.9585, 3.5674)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4422A #2A8CA4

analogous

#A42A4F #A4422A #A47F2A

triadic

#A4422A #2AA442 #422AA4

tetradic

#A4422A #4FA42A #2A8CA4 #7F2AA4

square

#A4422A #4FA42A #2A8CA4 #7F2AA4

split-complementary

#A4422A #2AA47F #2A4FA4

monochromatic

#431B11 #732E1E #A4422A #CD5A3E #DA846E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#A4422A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#A4422A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4422A

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4422A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4422A	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)

#5D5427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B42C3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4422a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 66, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.135 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67a65',
    500: '#a4422a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4422a;
$custom-light: #c67a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4422a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.803,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50748,
    "c": 0.13539,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.11956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4422A

secondary

#69B0C1

accent

#C4E245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4422A

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

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