#A44542#A44542

#A44542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.127 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A44542
RGB	rgb(164, 69, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(2, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.07, 39.07, 21.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.07, 44.61, 28.87°)
OKLab	oklab(51.56% 0.1155 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(51.56% 0.127 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4229, 12.5444, 6.6044)
Luminance	0.1254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A44542 #42A1A4

analogous

#A44270 #A44542 #A47642

triadic

#A44542 #42A445 #4542A4

tetradic

#A44542 #70A442 #42A1A4 #7642A4

square

#A44542 #70A442 #42A1A4 #7642A4

split-complementary

#A44542 #42A476 #4270A4

monochromatic

#4D201F #783330 #A44542 #C06663 #D2918F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#A44542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#A44542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A44542

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A44542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A44542	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B33445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a44542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 69, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.127 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47c76',
    500: '#a44542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a44542;
$custom-light: #c47c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a44542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.837,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51556,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A44542

secondary

#85BBBD

accent

#CFD255

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A44542

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

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