#A83042#A83042

#A83042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.155 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83042
RGB	rgb(168, 48, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.30, 49.78, 18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.30, 52.95, 19.93°)
OKLab	oklab(49.61% 0.1489 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(49.61% 0.155 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1906, 10.8347, 6.2866)
Luminance	0.1083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83042 #30A896

analogous

#A8307E #A83042 #A85A30

triadic

#A83042 #42A830 #3042A8

tetradic

#A83042 #7EA830 #30A896 #5A30A8

square

#A83042 #7EA830 #30A896 #5A30A8

split-complementary

#A83042 #30A85A #307EA8

monochromatic

#49151D #78222F #A83042 #CB4A5D #D97A88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#A83042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#A83042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83042

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83042	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E663F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80F37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 48, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.155 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87176',
    500: '#a83042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83042;
$custom-light: #c87176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49615,
    "c": 0.15533,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83042

secondary

#73C1B5

accent

#DFC849

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83042

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

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