#A4492E#A4492E

#A4492E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.127 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4492E
RGB	rgb(164, 73, 46)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.55, 35.77, 33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.55, 49.25, 43.44°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% 0.1015 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.127 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1873, 12.8572, 4.1082)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4492E #2E89A4

analogous

#A42E4E #A4492E #A4842E

triadic

#A4492E #2EA449 #492EA4

tetradic

#A4492E #4EA42E #2E89A4 #842EA4

square

#A4492E #4EA42E #2E89A4 #842EA4

split-complementary

#A4492E #2EA484 #2E4EA4

monochromatic

#441E13 #743421 #A4492E #CB6345 #D88B74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#A4492E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#A4492E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4492E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4492E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4492E	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62582B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4492e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 73, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.127 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57e68',
    500: '#a4492e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4492e;
$custom-light: #c57e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4492e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.729,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51822,
    "c": 0.1274,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4492E

secondary

#6EADC0

accent

#BDDF48

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEB

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4492E

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

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