#A4493B#A4493B

#A4493B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.124 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4493B
RGB	rgb(164, 73, 59)
HSL	hsl(8, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 64%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.73, 36.55, 26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.73, 45.19, 36.02°)
OKLab	oklab(52.02% 0.1064 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(52.02% 0.124 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4835, 12.9756, 5.6680)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4493B #3B96A4

analogous

#A43B61 #A4493B #A47D3B

triadic

#A4493B #3BA449 #493BA4

tetradic

#A4493B #61A43B #3B96A4 #7D3BA4

square

#A4493B #61A43B #3B96A4 #7D3BA4

split-complementary

#A4493B #3BA47D #3B61A4

monochromatic

#4A211B #77352B #A4493B #C36759 #D39086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#A4493B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#A4493B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4493B

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4493B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4493B	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B33846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4493b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 73, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.124 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47e71',
    500: '#a4493b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4493b;
$custom-light: #c47e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4493b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 47.085,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52016,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4493B

secondary

#7DB5BE

accent

#C5D751

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEC

border

#D2C9C7

text

#140A07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4493B

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

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