#A4472B#A4472B

#A4472B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.130 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4472B
RGB	rgb(164, 71, 43)
HSL	hsl(14, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 73.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.12, 36.63, 35.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.12, 50.70, 43.73°)
OKLab	oklab(51.48% 0.1036 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(51.48% 0.13 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0009, 12.5758, 3.7645)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4472B #2B88A4

analogous

#A42B4C #A4472B #A4832B

triadic

#A4472B #2BA447 #472BA4

tetradic

#A4472B #4CA42B #2B88A4 #832BA4

square

#A4472B #4CA42B #2B88A4 #832BA4

split-complementary

#A4472B #2BA483 #2B4CA4

monochromatic

#431D12 #74321E #A4472B #CD603F #D98870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#A4472B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#A4472B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4472B

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4472B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4472B	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)

#605728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4472b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 71, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.130 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67d66',
    500: '#a4472b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4472b;
$custom-light: #c67d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4472b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.884,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51484,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4472B

secondary

#6AADC1

accent

#BEE246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4472B

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

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