#A4483A#A4483A

#A4483A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.125 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4483A
RGB	rgb(164, 72, 58)
HSL	hsl(8, 48%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 64.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.51, 36.99, 26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.51, 45.74, 36.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.85% 0.1076 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(51.85% 0.125 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3926, 12.8350, 5.5110)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4483A #3A96A4

analogous

#A43A61 #A4483A #A47D3A

triadic

#A4483A #3AA448 #483AA4

tetradic

#A4483A #61A43A #3A96A4 #7D3AA4

square

#A4483A #61A43A #3A96A4 #7D3AA4

split-complementary

#A4483A #3AA47D #3A61A4

monochromatic

#4A201A #77342A #A4483A #C46657 #D48F85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#A4483A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#A4483A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4483A

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4483A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4483A	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B33645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4483a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 72, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.125 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57e70',
    500: '#a4483a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4483a;
$custom-light: #c57e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4483a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.925,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51849,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4483A

secondary

#7CB5BE

accent

#C6D750

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEC

border

#D2C9C7

text

#140A07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4483A

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

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