#A4482D#A4482D

#A4482D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.129 H 37.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4482D
RGB	rgb(164, 72, 45)
HSL	hsl(14, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.34, 36.22, 34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.34, 49.81, 43.34°)
OKLab	oklab(51.66% 0.1027 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(51.66% 0.129 37)
XYZ	xyz(18.1026, 12.7190, 3.9839)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4482D #2D89A4

analogous

#A42D4E #A4482D #A4832D

triadic

#A4482D #2DA448 #482DA4

tetradic

#A4482D #4EA42D #2D89A4 #832DA4

square

#A4482D #4EA42D #2D89A4 #832DA4

split-complementary

#A4482D #2DA483 #2D4EA4

monochromatic

#441E13 #743320 #A4482D #CB6243 #D98A73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#A4482D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#A4482D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4482D

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4482D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4482D	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)

#61572A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43542

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4482d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 72, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.129 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57e67',
    500: '#a4482d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4482d;
$custom-light: #c57e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4482d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.613,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51659,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.12717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4482D

secondary

#6DADC0

accent

#BEE048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4482D

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

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