#A4482A#A4482A

#A4482A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.130 H 38.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4482A
RGB	rgb(164, 72, 42)
HSL	hsl(15, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.30, 36.08, 35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.30, 50.82, 44.78°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% 0.1017 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.13 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0469, 12.6967, 3.6904)
Luminance	0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4482A #2A86A4

analogous

#A42A49 #A4482A #A4852A

triadic

#A4482A #2AA448 #482AA4

tetradic

#A4482A #49A42A #2A86A4 #852AA4

square

#A4482A #49A42A #2A86A4 #852AA4

split-complementary

#A4482A #2AA485 #2A49A4

monochromatic

#431D11 #73331E #A4482A #CD613E #DA896E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#A4482A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#A4482A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4482A

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4482A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4482A	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4482a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 72, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.130 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67e65',
    500: '#a4482a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4482a;
$custom-light: #c67e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4482a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.754,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51622,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4482A

secondary

#69ABC1

accent

#BCE245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4482A

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

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