#A83038#A83038

#A83038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.156 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83038
RGB	rgb(168, 48, 56)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.12, 49.14, 24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.12, 54.71, 26.08°)
OKLab	oklab(49.42% 0.1449 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(49.42% 0.156 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9211, 10.7269, 4.8675)
Luminance	0.1072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83038 #30A8A0

analogous

#A83074 #A83038 #A86430

triadic

#A83038 #38A830 #3038A8

tetradic

#A83038 #74A830 #30A8A0 #6430A8

square

#A83038 #74A830 #30A8A0 #6430A8

split-complementary

#A83038 #30A864 #3074A8

monochromatic

#491518 #782228 #A83038 #CB4A53 #D97A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#A83038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#A83038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83038

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83038	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90934

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 48, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.156 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9716e',
    500: '#a83038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83038;
$custom-light: #c9716e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49418,
    "c": 0.15568,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83038

secondary

#73C1BC

accent

#DFD549

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83038

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

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