#A83228#A83228

#A83228 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.156 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83228
RGB	rgb(168, 50, 40)
HSL	hsl(5, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 76.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.18, 47.56, 33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.18, 58.29, 35.33°)
OKLab	oklab(49.39% 0.1365 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(49.39% 0.156 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6741, 10.7619, 3.1537)
Luminance	0.1076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83228 #289EA8

analogous

#A8285E #A83228 #A87228

triadic

#A83228 #28A832 #3228A8

tetradic

#A83228 #5EA828 #289EA8 #7228A8

square

#A83228 #5EA828 #289EA8 #7228A8

split-complementary

#A83228 #28A872 #285EA8

monochromatic

#451510 #77231C #A83228 #D1483D #DC776E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#A83228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#A83228 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83228

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83228	1.00	6.66	3.15	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90731

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 50, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.156 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7163',
    500: '#a83228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83228;
$custom-light: #ca7163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.688,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4939,
    "c": 0.15581,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83228

secondary

#69BCC3

accent

#D8E543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83228

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

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