#A4482C#A4482C

#A4482C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.129 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A4482C
RGBrgb(164, 72, 44)
HSLhsl(14, 58%, 41%)
HSVhsv(14, 73%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 56.1%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(42.33, 36.17, 34.73)
CIE-LCHlch(42.33, 50.14, 43.83°)
OKLaboklab(51.65% 0.1024 0.0785)
OKLCHoklch(51.65% 0.129 37.5)
XYZxyz(18.0836, 12.7114, 3.8837)
Luminance0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A4482C #2C88A4
analogous
#A42C4C #A4482C #A4842C
triadic
#A4482C #2CA448 #482CA4
tetradic
#A4482C #4CA42C #2C88A4 #842CA4
square
#A4482C #4CA42C #2C88A4 #842CA4
split-complementary
#A4482C #2CA484 #2C4CA4
monochromatic
#431E12 #74331F #A4482C #CC6241 #D98A71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93
#A4482C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54
#A4482C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4482C
5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A4482C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A4482C1.005.933.545.93
#FFFFFF5.931.0021.001.00
#0000003.5421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.931.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#615729
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#786C2A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B43442
Achromatopsia (no color)
#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a4482c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 72, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.129 37.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57e66',
    500: '#a4482c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a4482c;
$custom-light: #c57e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a4482c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51646,
    "c": 0.12899,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A4482C
secondary
#6BADC0
accent
#BDE147
background
#FDF7F6
surface
#FAEEEB
border
#D3C9C6
text
#140A06
muted
#837C7A

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#A4482C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva