#A4472E#A4472E

#A4472E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.129 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4472E
RGB	rgb(164, 71, 46)
HSL	hsl(13, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.15, 36.78, 33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.15, 49.70, 42.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.52% 0.1046 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(51.52% 0.129 36)
XYZ	xyz(18.0580, 12.5986, 4.0651)
Luminance	0.1260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4472E #2E8BA4

analogous

#A42E50 #A4472E #A4822E

triadic

#A4472E #2EA447 #472EA4

tetradic

#A4472E #50A42E #2E8BA4 #822EA4

square

#A4472E #50A42E #2E8BA4 #822EA4

split-complementary

#A4472E #2EA482 #2E50A4

monochromatic

#441E13 #743221 #A4472E #CB6145 #D88974

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#A4472E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#A4472E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4472E

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4472E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4472E	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)

#60572B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4472e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 71, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.129 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57d68',
    500: '#a4472e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4472e;
$custom-light: #c57d68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4472e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.712,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51522,
    "c": 0.12934,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.12596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4472E

secondary

#6EAEC0

accent

#BFDF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4472E

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

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