#A4472A#A4472A

#A4472A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.131 H 37.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4472A
RGB	rgb(164, 71, 42)
HSL	hsl(14, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(14, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, 36.58, 35.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 51.03, 44.20°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% 0.1033 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.131 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9828, 12.5685, 3.6691)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4472A #2A87A4

analogous

#A42A4A #A4472A #A4842A

triadic

#A4472A #2AA447 #472AA4

tetradic

#A4472A #4AA42A #2A87A4 #842AA4

square

#A4472A #4AA42A #2A87A4 #842AA4

split-complementary

#A4472A #2AA484 #2A4AA4

monochromatic

#431D11 #73321E #A4472A #CD603E #DA886E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#A4472A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#A4472A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4472A

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4472A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4472A	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4472a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 71, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.131 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67d65',
    500: '#a4472a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4472a;
$custom-light: #c67d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4472a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.262,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51472,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4472A

secondary

#69ACC1

accent

#BDE245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4472A

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

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