#A44949#A44949

#A44949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.121 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A44949
RGB	rgb(164, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(0, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.97, 37.62, 18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.97, 41.91, 26.14°)
OKLab	oklab(52.28% 0.1121 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(52.28% 0.121 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8965, 13.1409, 7.8434)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A44949 #49A4A4

analogous

#A44977 #A44949 #A47749

triadic

#A44949 #49A449 #4949A4

tetradic

#A44949 #77A449 #49A4A4 #7749A4

square

#A44949 #77A449 #49A4A4 #7749A4

split-complementary

#A44949 #49A477 #4977A4

monochromatic

#4F2323 #7A3636 #A44949 #BE6C6C #D19797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#A44949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#A44949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A44949

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A44949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A44949	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)

#5E5A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B33A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a44949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.121 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47f7b',
    500: '#a44949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a44949;
$custom-light: #c47f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a44949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52284,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A44949

secondary

#8CBDBD

accent

#CECE59

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EEEE

border

#D1C9C9

text

#130A09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A44949

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

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