#A83040#A83040

#A83040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.155 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83040
RGB	rgb(168, 48, 64)
HSL	hsl(352, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(352, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.26, 49.64, 19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.26, 53.24, 21.19°)
OKLab	oklab(49.57% 0.1481 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(49.57% 0.155 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1326, 10.8115, 5.9815)
Luminance	0.1081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83040 #30A898

analogous

#A8307C #A83040 #A85C30

triadic

#A83040 #40A830 #3040A8

tetradic

#A83040 #7CA830 #30A898 #5C30A8

square

#A83040 #7CA830 #30A898 #5C30A8

split-complementary

#A83040 #30A85C #307CA8

monochromatic

#49151C #78222E #A83040 #CB4A5B #D97A86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#A83040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#A83040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83040

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83040	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80E37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 48, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.155 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87174',
    500: '#a83040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83040;
$custom-light: #c87174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49572,
    "c": 0.15533,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83040

secondary

#73C1B7

accent

#DFCB49

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83040

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

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