#A44F42#A44F42

#A44F42 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.115 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A44F42
RGB	rgb(164, 79, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.06, 33.94, 24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.06, 41.62, 35.38°)
OKLab	oklab(53.07% 0.0995 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(53.07% 0.115 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0908, 13.8800, 6.8270)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A44F42 #4297A4

analogous

#A44266 #A44F42 #A48042

triadic

#A44F42 #42A44F #4F42A4

tetradic

#A44F42 #66A442 #4297A4 #8042A4

square

#A44F42 #66A442 #4297A4 #8042A4

split-complementary

#A44F42 #42A480 #4266A4

monochromatic

#4D251F #783A30 #A44F42 #C06F63 #D2988F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#A44F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#A44F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A44F42

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A44F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A44F42	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3404C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a44f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 79, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.115 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48276',
    500: '#a44f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a44f42;
$custom-light: #c48276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a44f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.959,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53065,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A44F42

secondary

#85B6BD

accent

#C2D255

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFED

border

#D2CAC8

text

#130B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A44F42

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

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