#A4462E#A4462E

#A4462E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.130 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4462E
RGB	rgb(164, 70, 46)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.96, 37.29, 33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.96, 49.92, 41.68°)
OKLab	oklab(51.38% 0.1062 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(51.38% 0.13 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9949, 12.4724, 4.0441)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4462E #2E8CA4

analogous

#A42E51 #A4462E #A4812E

triadic

#A4462E #2EA446 #462EA4

tetradic

#A4462E #51A42E #2E8CA4 #812EA4

square

#A4462E #51A42E #2E8CA4 #812EA4

split-complementary

#A4462E #2EA481 #2E51A4

monochromatic

#441D13 #743221 #A4462E #CB6045 #D88974

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#A4462E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#A4462E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4462E

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4462E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4462E	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F562B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43241

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4462e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 70, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.130 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57c68',
    500: '#a4462e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4462e;
$custom-light: #c57c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4462e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.203,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51375,
    "c": 0.13033,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4462E

secondary

#6EAFC0

accent

#C1DF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4462E

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

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