#A83229#A83229

#A83229 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.156 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83229
RGB	rgb(168, 50, 41)
HSL	hsl(4, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(4, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 75.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.19, 47.60, 33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.19, 58.01, 34.85°)
OKLab	oklab(49.4% 0.1369 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(49.4% 0.156 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6913, 10.7688, 3.2444)
Luminance	0.1077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83229 #299FA8

analogous

#A8295F #A83229 #A87129

triadic

#A83229 #29A832 #3229A8

tetradic

#A83229 #5FA829 #299FA8 #7129A8

square

#A83229 #5FA829 #299FA8 #7129A8

split-complementary

#A83229 #29A871 #295FA8

monochromatic

#461511 #77231D #A83229 #D0493E #DC776F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#A83229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#A83229 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83229

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83229	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)

#544C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90731

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 50, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.156 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7163',
    500: '#a83229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83229;
$custom-light: #ca7163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.252,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49403,
    "c": 0.15565,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83229

secondary

#6ABDC3

accent

#D9E444

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83229

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

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