#A7442E#A7442E

#A7442E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.136 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7442E
RGB	rgb(167, 68, 46)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 72.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.08, 39.43, 33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.08, 51.72, 40.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.56% 0.1125 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(51.56% 0.136 34)
XYZ	xyz(18.4985, 12.5495, 4.0324)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7442E #2E91A7

analogous

#A72E55 #A7442E #A7812E

triadic

#A7442E #2EA744 #442EA7

tetradic

#A7442E #55A72E #2E91A7 #812EA7

square

#A7442E #55A72E #2E91A7 #812EA7

split-complementary

#A7442E #2EA781 #2E55A7

monochromatic

#471D14 #773021 #A7442E #CC5E46 #D98876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#A7442E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#A7442E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7442E

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7442E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7442E	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F562B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B72E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7442e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 68, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.136 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87b68',
    500: '#a7442e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7442e;
$custom-light: #c87b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7442e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51562,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.12547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7442E

secondary

#70B2C1

accent

#C4E048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7442E

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

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