#A83035#A83035

#A83035 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.156 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83035
RGB	rgb(168, 48, 53)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(358, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.07, 48.97, 25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.07, 55.37, 27.81°)
OKLab	oklab(49.37% 0.1438 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(49.37% 0.156 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8499, 10.6984, 4.4926)
Luminance	0.1070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83035 #30A8A3

analogous

#A83071 #A83035 #A86730

triadic

#A83035 #35A830 #3035A8

tetradic

#A83035 #71A830 #30A8A3 #6730A8

square

#A83035 #71A830 #30A8A3 #6730A8

split-complementary

#A83035 #30A867 #3071A8

monochromatic

#491517 #782226 #A83035 #CB4A4F #D97A7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#A83035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#A83035 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83035

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83035	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90733

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 48, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.156 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9716c',
    500: '#a83035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83035;
$custom-light: #c9716c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.5,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49366,
    "c": 0.15594,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83035

secondary

#73C1BE

accent

#DFD949

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83035

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

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