#A4493E#A4493E

#A4493E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.123 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4493E
RGB	rgb(164, 73, 62)
HSL	hsl(6, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(6, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 62.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.77, 36.76, 24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.77, 44.37, 34.06°)
OKLab	oklab(52.07% 0.1076 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(52.07% 0.123 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5635, 13.0077, 6.0897)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4493E #3E99A4

analogous

#A43E66 #A4493E #A47C3E

triadic

#A4493E #3EA449 #493EA4

tetradic

#A4493E #66A43E #3E99A4 #7C3EA4

square

#A4493E #66A43E #3E99A4 #7C3EA4

split-complementary

#A4493E #3EA47C #3E66A4

monochromatic

#4B211C #78352D #A4493E #C2685D #D3928A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#A4493E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#A4493E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4493E

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4493E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4493E	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60593D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B33847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4493e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 73, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.123 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47e73',
    500: '#a4493e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4493e;
$custom-light: #c47e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4493e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.471,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52068,
    "c": 0.1229,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4493E

secondary

#81B7BD

accent

#C7D553

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4493E

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

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