#A44948#A44948

#A44948 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.121 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A44948
RGB	rgb(164, 73, 72)
HSL	hsl(1, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(1, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 56.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.95, 37.54, 19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.95, 42.09, 26.90°)
OKLab	oklab(52.26% 0.1116 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(52.26% 0.121 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8636, 13.1277, 7.6702)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A44948 #48A3A4

analogous

#A44875 #A44948 #A47748

triadic

#A44948 #48A449 #4948A4

tetradic

#A44948 #75A448 #48A3A4 #7748A4

square

#A44948 #75A448 #48A3A4 #7748A4

split-complementary

#A44948 #48A477 #4875A4

monochromatic

#4F2323 #793635 #A44948 #BE6C6B #D19696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#A44948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#A44948 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A44948

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A44948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A44948	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B33A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a44948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 73, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.121 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47f7b',
    500: '#a44948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a44948;
$custom-light: #c47f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a44948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.652,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52263,
    "c": 0.1211,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A44948

secondary

#8BBCBD

accent

#CECF59

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#130A09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A44948

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

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