#A4442A#A4442A

#A4442A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.133 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4442A
RGB	rgb(164, 68, 42)
HSL	hsl(13, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(13, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.53, 38.09, 34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.53, 51.69, 42.54°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.1079 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.133 36)
XYZ	xyz(17.7967, 12.1963, 3.6070)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4442A #2A8AA4

analogous

#A42A4D #A4442A #A4812A

triadic

#A4442A #2AA444 #442AA4

tetradic

#A4442A #4DA42A #2A8AA4 #812AA4

square

#A4442A #4DA42A #2A8AA4 #812AA4

split-complementary

#A4442A #2AA481 #2A4DA4

monochromatic

#431C11 #73301E #A4442A #CD5C3E #DA856E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#A4442A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#A4442A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4442A

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4442A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4442A	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B42F3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4442a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 68, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.133 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67b65',
    500: '#a4442a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4442a;
$custom-light: #c67b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4442a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.787,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51033,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.12194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4442A

secondary

#69AEC1

accent

#C1E245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4442A

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

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