#A44538#A44538

#A44538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.129 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A44538
RGB	rgb(164, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(7, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.90, 38.37, 27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.90, 47.11, 35.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.38% 0.1115 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(51.38% 0.129 30)
XYZ	xyz(18.1535, 12.4366, 5.1852)
Luminance	0.1243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A44538 #3897A4

analogous

#A43861 #A44538 #A47B38

triadic

#A44538 #38A445 #4538A4

tetradic

#A44538 #61A438 #3897A4 #7B38A4

square

#A44538 #61A438 #3897A4 #7B38A4

split-complementary

#A44538 #38A47B #3861A4

monochromatic

#491F19 #763228 #A44538 #C56254 #D48C82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#A44538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#A44538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A44538

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A44538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A44538	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a44538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.129 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57c6f',
    500: '#a44538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a44538;
$custom-light: #c57c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a44538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.222,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51376,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.12434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A44538

secondary

#7AB6BE

accent

#C8D94F

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEC

border

#D2C9C7

text

#140A07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A44538

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

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