#A83136#A83136

#A83136 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.155 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83136
RGB	rgb(168, 49, 54)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 67.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.23, 48.64, 25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.23, 54.88, 27.59°)
OKLab	oklab(49.49% 0.1429 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(49.49% 0.155 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9145, 10.7904, 4.6288)
Luminance	0.1079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83136 #31A8A3

analogous

#A83171 #A83136 #A86731

triadic

#A83136 #36A831 #3136A8

tetradic

#A83136 #71A831 #31A8A3 #6731A8

square

#A83136 #71A831 #31A8A3 #6731A8

split-complementary

#A83136 #31A867 #3171A8

monochromatic

#491518 #792327 #A83136 #CB4C51 #D87B7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#A83136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#A83136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83136

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83136	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90B34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 49, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.155 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9716d',
    500: '#a83136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83136;
$custom-light: #c9716d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.479,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49489,
    "c": 0.15485,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83136

secondary

#74C1BE

accent

#DED84A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83136

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

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