#A4452C#A4452C

#A4452C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.132 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4452C
RGB	rgb(164, 69, 44)
HSL	hsl(13, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(13, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.74, 37.69, 34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.74, 50.81, 42.12°)
OKLab	oklab(51.2% 0.107 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(51.2% 0.132 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8944, 12.3330, 3.8206)
Luminance	0.1233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4452C #2C8BA4

analogous

#A42C4F #A4452C #A4812C

triadic

#A4452C #2CA445 #452CA4

tetradic

#A4452C #4FA42C #2C8BA4 #812CA4

square

#A4452C #4FA42C #2C8BA4 #812CA4

split-complementary

#A4452C #2CA481 #2C4FA4

monochromatic

#431C12 #74311F #A4452C #CC5E41 #D98771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#A4452C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#A4452C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4452C

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4452C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4452C	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4452c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 69, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.132 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67c66',
    500: '#a4452c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4452c;
$custom-light: #c67c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4452c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51203,
    "c": 0.13189,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4452C

secondary

#6BAFC0

accent

#C1E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4452C

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

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