#A44838#A44838

#A44838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.125 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A44838
RGB	rgb(164, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, 36.86, 28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 46.32, 37.27°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% 0.1068 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.125 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3427, 12.8151, 5.2482)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A44838 #3894A4

analogous

#A4385E #A44838 #A47E38

triadic

#A44838 #38A448 #4838A4

tetradic

#A44838 #5EA438 #3894A4 #7E38A4

square

#A44838 #5EA438 #3894A4 #7E38A4

split-complementary

#A44838 #38A47E #385EA4

monochromatic

#492019 #763428 #A44838 #C56554 #D48E82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#A44838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#A44838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A44838

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A44838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A44838	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a44838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.125 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57e6f',
    500: '#a44838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a44838;
$custom-light: #c57e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a44838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51817,
    "c": 0.12548,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A44838

secondary

#7AB4BE

accent

#C4D94F

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEC

border

#D2C9C7

text

#140A07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A44838

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

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