#A4482B#A4482B

#A4482B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.129 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4482B
RGB	rgb(164, 72, 43)
HSL	hsl(14, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 73.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.31, 36.12, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.31, 50.48, 44.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.63% 0.102 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(51.63% 0.129 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0650, 12.7040, 3.7859)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4482B #2B87A4

analogous

#A42B4A #A4482B #A4842B

triadic

#A4482B #2BA448 #482BA4

tetradic

#A4482B #4AA42B #2B87A4 #842BA4

square

#A4482B #4AA42B #2B87A4 #842BA4

split-complementary

#A4482B #2BA484 #2B4AA4

monochromatic

#431D12 #74331E #A4482B #CD613F #D98970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#A4482B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#A4482B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4482B

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4482B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4482B	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)

#615728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4482b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 72, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.129 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67e66',
    500: '#a4482b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4482b;
$custom-light: #c67e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4482b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.38,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51634,
    "c": 0.12928,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4482B

secondary

#6AACC1

accent

#BCE246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4482B

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

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