#A4472C#A4472C

#A4472C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.130 H 36.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A4472C
RGBrgb(164, 71, 44)
HSLhsl(14, 58%, 41%)
HSVhsv(14, 73%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 56.7%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(42.13, 36.68, 34.51)
CIE-LCHlch(42.13, 50.36, 43.25°)
OKLaboklab(51.5% 0.1039 0.078)
OKLCHoklch(51.5% 0.13 36.9)
XYZxyz(18.0195, 12.5832, 3.8623)
Luminance0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A4472C #2C89A4
analogous
#A42C4D #A4472C #A4832C
triadic
#A4472C #2CA447 #472CA4
tetradic
#A4472C #4DA42C #2C89A4 #832CA4
square
#A4472C #4DA42C #2C89A4 #832CA4
split-complementary
#A4472C #2CA483 #2C4DA4
monochromatic
#431D12 #74321F #A4472C #CC6041 #D98971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97
#A4472C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52
#A4472C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4472C
5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A4472C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A4472C1.005.973.525.97
#FFFFFF5.971.0021.001.00
#0000003.5221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.971.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#605729
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#776B2A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B43341
Achromatopsia (no color)
#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a4472c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 71, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.130 36.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67d66',
    500: '#a4472c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a4472c;
$custom-light: #c67d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a4472c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51497,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A4472C
secondary
#6BADC0
accent
#BEE147
background
#FDF7F6
surface
#FAEEEB
border
#D3C9C6
text
#140A06
muted
#837C7A

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#A4472C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva