#A4442C#A4442C

#A4442C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.133 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4442C
RGB	rgb(164, 68, 44)
HSL	hsl(12, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.55, 38.19, 33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.55, 51.04, 41.57°)
OKLab	oklab(51.06% 0.1086 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(51.06% 0.133 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8334, 12.2110, 3.8003)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4442C #2C8CA4

analogous

#A42C50 #A4442C #A4802C

triadic

#A4442C #2CA444 #442CA4

tetradic

#A4442C #50A42C #2C8CA4 #802CA4

square

#A4442C #50A42C #2C8CA4 #802CA4

split-complementary

#A4442C #2CA480 #2C50A4

monochromatic

#431C12 #74301F #A4442C #CC5D41 #D98671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#A4442C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#A4442C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4442C

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4442C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4442C	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B42F3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4442c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 68, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.133 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67b66',
    500: '#a4442c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4442c;
$custom-light: #c67b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4442c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51058,
    "c": 0.13287,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4442C

secondary

#6BAFC0

accent

#C2E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4442C

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

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