#A4462C#A4462C

#A4462C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.131 H 36.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4462C
RGB	rgb(164, 70, 44)
HSL	hsl(13, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(13, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.93, 37.19, 34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.93, 50.58, 42.68°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% 0.1055 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.131 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9564, 12.4570, 3.8413)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4462C #2C8AA4

analogous

#A42C4E #A4462C #A4822C

triadic

#A4462C #2CA446 #462CA4

tetradic

#A4462C #4EA42C #2C8AA4 #822CA4

square

#A4462C #4EA42C #2C8AA4 #822CA4

split-complementary

#A4462C #2CA482 #2C4EA4

monochromatic

#431D12 #74311F #A4462C #CC5F41 #D98871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#A4462C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#A4462C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4462C

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4462C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4462C	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)

#605629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4462c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 70, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.131 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67c66',
    500: '#a4462c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4462c;
$custom-light: #c67c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4462c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51349,
    "c": 0.13092,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4462C

secondary

#6BAEC0

accent

#C0E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4462C

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

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