#A4472D#A4472D

#A4472D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.130 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4472D
RGB	rgb(164, 71, 45)
HSL	hsl(13, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(13, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.14, 36.73, 33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.14, 50.03, 42.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% 0.1043 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.13 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0385, 12.5908, 3.9625)
Luminance	0.1259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4472D #2D8AA4

analogous

#A42D4E #A4472D #A4822D

triadic

#A4472D #2DA447 #472DA4

tetradic

#A4472D #4EA42D #2D8AA4 #822DA4

square

#A4472D #4EA42D #2D8AA4 #822DA4

split-complementary

#A4472D #2DA482 #2D4EA4

monochromatic

#441D13 #743220 #A4472D #CB6143 #D98973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#A4472D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#A4472D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4472D

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4472D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4472D	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60572A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4472d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 71, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.130 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57d67',
    500: '#a4472d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4472d;
$custom-light: #c57d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4472d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.109,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51509,
    "c": 0.12965,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4472D

secondary

#6DAEC0

accent

#BFE048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4472D

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

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