#A83142#A83142

#A83142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.154 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83142
RGB	rgb(168, 49, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.44, 49.39, 18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.44, 52.65, 20.26°)
OKLab	oklab(49.72% 0.1477 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(49.72% 0.154 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2319, 10.9174, 6.3004)
Luminance	0.1091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83142 #31A897

analogous

#A8317D #A83142 #A85C31

triadic

#A83142 #42A831 #3142A8

tetradic

#A83142 #7DA831 #31A897 #5C31A8

square

#A83142 #7DA831 #31A897 #5C31A8

split-complementary

#A83142 #31A85C #317DA8

monochromatic

#49151D #79232F #A83142 #CB4C5E #D87B88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#A83142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A83142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83142

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83142	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B81238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 49, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.154 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87276',
    500: '#a83142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83142;
$custom-light: #c87276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49719,
    "c": 0.15427,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83142

secondary

#74C1B6

accent

#DEC94A

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83142

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

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