#A83036#A83036

#A83036 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.156 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83036
RGB	rgb(168, 48, 54)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 67.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.08, 49.03, 25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.08, 55.14, 27.24°)
OKLab	oklab(49.38% 0.1442 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(49.38% 0.156 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8732, 10.7077, 4.6150)
Luminance	0.1071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83036 #30A8A2

analogous

#A83072 #A83036 #A86630

triadic

#A83036 #36A830 #3036A8

tetradic

#A83036 #72A830 #30A8A2 #6630A8

square

#A83036 #72A830 #30A8A2 #6630A8

split-complementary

#A83036 #30A866 #3072A8

monochromatic

#491517 #782227 #A83036 #CB4A50 #D97A7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#A83036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#A83036 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83036

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83036	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)

#514C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90733

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 48, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.156 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9716d',
    500: '#a83036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83036;
$custom-light: #c9716d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49383,
    "c": 0.15585,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83036

secondary

#73C1BD

accent

#DFD749

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83036

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

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