#A83039#A83039

#A83039 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.156 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83039
RGB	rgb(168, 48, 57)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 66.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.13, 49.20, 23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.13, 54.50, 25.48°)
OKLab	oklab(49.44% 0.1453 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(49.44% 0.156 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9458, 10.7368, 4.9975)
Luminance	0.1073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83039 #30A89F

analogous

#A83075 #A83039 #A86330

triadic

#A83039 #39A830 #3039A8

tetradic

#A83039 #75A830 #30A89F #6330A8

square

#A83039 #75A830 #30A89F #6330A8

split-complementary

#A83039 #30A863 #3075A8

monochromatic

#491519 #782229 #A83039 #CB4A54 #D97A81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#A83039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#A83039 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83039

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83039	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80934

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 48, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.156 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9716f',
    500: '#a83039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83039;
$custom-light: #c9716f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.5,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49436,
    "c": 0.15561,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83039

secondary

#73C1BB

accent

#DFD449

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83039

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

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