#A4452A#A4452A

#A4452A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.132 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4452A
RGB	rgb(164, 69, 42)
HSL	hsl(13, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(13, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, 37.59, 35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 51.47, 43.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.18% 0.1064 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(51.18% 0.132 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8577, 12.3183, 3.6273)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4452A #2A89A4

analogous

#A42A4C #A4452A #A4822A

triadic

#A4452A #2AA445 #452AA4

tetradic

#A4452A #4CA42A #2A89A4 #822AA4

square

#A4452A #4CA42A #2A89A4 #822AA4

split-complementary

#A4452A #2AA482 #2A4CA4

monochromatic

#431C11 #73311E #A4452A #CD5E3E #DA866E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#A4452A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A4452A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4452A

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4452A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4452A	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4303F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4452a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 69, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.132 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67c65',
    500: '#a4452a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4452a;
$custom-light: #c67c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4452a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.279,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51178,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4452A

secondary

#69ADC1

accent

#C0E245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4452A

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

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