#A44442#A44442

#A44442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.128 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A44442
RGB	rgb(164, 68, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(1, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.88, 39.56, 21.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.88, 44.93, 28.29°)
OKLab	oklab(51.41% 0.117 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(51.41% 0.128 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3619, 12.4224, 6.5840)
Luminance	0.1242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A44442 #42A2A4

analogous

#A44271 #A44442 #A47542

triadic

#A44442 #42A444 #4442A4

tetradic

#A44442 #71A442 #42A2A4 #7542A4

square

#A44442 #71A442 #42A2A4 #7542A4

split-complementary

#A44442 #42A475 #4271A4

monochromatic

#4D201F #783230 #A44442 #C06563 #D2908F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#A44442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#A44442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A44442

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A44442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A44442	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B33344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a44442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 68, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.128 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47b76',
    500: '#a44442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a44442;
$custom-light: #c47b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a44442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.224,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51414,
    "c": 0.12795,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A44442

secondary

#85BCBD

accent

#D0D255

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A44442

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

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