#A4462A#A4462A

#A4462A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.132 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4462A
RGB	rgb(164, 70, 42)
HSL	hsl(14, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(14, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.91, 37.09, 35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.91, 51.25, 43.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.32% 0.1048 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(51.32% 0.132 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9197, 12.4424, 3.6480)
Luminance	0.1244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4462A #2A88A4

analogous

#A42A4B #A4462A #A4832A

triadic

#A4462A #2AA446 #462AA4

tetradic

#A4462A #4BA42A #2A88A4 #832AA4

square

#A4462A #4BA42A #2A88A4 #832AA4

split-complementary

#A4462A #2AA483 #2A4BA4

monochromatic

#431C11 #73311E #A4462A #CD5F3E #DA876E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#A4462A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#A4462A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4462A

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4462A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4462A	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)

#605627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4462a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 70, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.132 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67c65',
    500: '#a4462a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4462a;
$custom-light: #c67c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4462a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.77,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51324,
    "c": 0.1315,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4462A

secondary

#69ADC1

accent

#BEE245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4462A

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

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