#A74142#A74142

#A74142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.135 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A74142
RGB	rgb(167, 65, 66)
HSL	hsl(359, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 60.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.83, 42.11, 21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.83, 47.20, 26.86°)
OKLab	oklab(51.48% 0.1247 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(51.48% 0.135 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8117, 12.3919, 6.5545)
Luminance	0.1239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A74142 #41A7A6

analogous

#A74175 #A74142 #A77341

triadic

#A74142 #42A741 #4142A7

tetradic

#A74142 #75A741 #41A7A6 #7341A7

square

#A74142 #75A741 #41A7A6 #7341A7

split-complementary

#A74142 #41A773 #4175A7

monochromatic

#4F1F1F #7B3031 #A74142 #C26364 #D38F90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#A74142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#A74142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A74142

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A74142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A74142	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B72E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a74142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 65, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.135 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77a76',
    500: '#a74142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a74142;
$custom-light: #c77a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a74142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.412,
    "s": 43.966,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51475,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A74142

secondary

#85BFBE

accent

#D4D254

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A74142

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

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