#A4424A#A4424A

#A4424A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.130 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4424A
RGB	rgb(164, 66, 74)
HSL	hsl(355, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(355, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 54.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.67, 41.18, 16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.67, 44.22, 21.35°)
OKLab	oklab(51.31% 0.1234 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(51.31% 0.13 18)
XYZ	xyz(18.4956, 12.2856, 7.8746)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4424A #42A49C

analogous

#A4427B #A4424A #A46B42

triadic

#A4424A #4AA442 #424AA4

tetradic

#A4424A #7BA442 #42A49C #6B42A4

square

#A4424A #7BA442 #42A49C #6B42A4

split-complementary

#A4424A #42A46B #427BA4

monochromatic

#4D1F23 #783036 #A4424A #C0636B #D28F94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#A4424A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A4424A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4424A

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4424A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4424A	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59564A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726A48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B33245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4424a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 66, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.130 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47a7c',
    500: '#a4424a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4424a;
$custom-light: #c47a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4424a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.102,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51305,
    "c": 0.12973,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.12283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4424A

secondary

#85BDB8

accent

#D2C855

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEEE

border

#D2C9C9

text

#130909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4424A

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

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