#A83140#A83140

#A83140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.154 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83140
RGB	rgb(168, 49, 64)
HSL	hsl(352, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(352, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.40, 49.25, 19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.40, 52.95, 21.53°)
OKLab	oklab(49.68% 0.1469 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(49.68% 0.154 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1740, 10.8942, 5.9953)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83140 #31A899

analogous

#A8317B #A83140 #A85D31

triadic

#A83140 #40A831 #3140A8

tetradic

#A83140 #7BA831 #31A899 #5D31A8

square

#A83140 #7BA831 #31A899 #5D31A8

split-complementary

#A83140 #31A85D #317BA8

monochromatic

#49151C #79232E #A83140 #CB4C5C #D87B87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#A83140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A83140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83140

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83140	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B81137

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 49, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.154 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87174',
    500: '#a83140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83140;
$custom-light: #c87174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.437,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49677,
    "c": 0.15428,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83140

secondary

#74C1B7

accent

#DECB4A

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83140

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

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