#A83043#A83043

#A83043 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.155 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83043
RGB	rgb(168, 48, 67)
HSL	hsl(351, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 60.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.32, 49.85, 17.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.32, 52.81, 19.29°)
OKLab	oklab(49.64% 0.1493 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(49.64% 0.155 16)
XYZ	xyz(18.2203, 10.8466, 6.4433)
Luminance	0.1084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83043 #30A895

analogous

#A8307F #A83043 #A85930

triadic

#A83043 #43A830 #3043A8

tetradic

#A83043 #7FA830 #30A895 #5930A8

square

#A83043 #7FA830 #30A895 #5930A8

split-complementary

#A83043 #30A859 #307FA8

monochromatic

#49151D #782230 #A83043 #CB4A5E #D97A89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#A83043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#A83043 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83043

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83043	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)

#504D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B81038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 48, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.155 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87176',
    500: '#a83043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83043;
$custom-light: #c87176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.5,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49636,
    "c": 0.15535,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.10844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83043

secondary

#73C1B5

accent

#DFC749

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83043

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

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