#A83232#A83232

#A83232 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.154 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83232
RGB	rgb(168, 50, 50)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 70.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.31, 48.03, 27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.31, 55.57, 30.20°)
OKLab	oklab(49.53% 0.1401 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(49.53% 0.154 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8667, 10.8389, 4.1683)
Luminance	0.1084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83232 #32A8A8

analogous

#A8326D #A83232 #A86D32

triadic

#A83232 #32A832 #3232A8

tetradic

#A83232 #6DA832 #32A8A8 #6D32A8

square

#A83232 #6DA832 #32A8A8 #6D32A8

split-complementary

#A83232 #32A86D #326DA8

monochromatic

#4A1616 #792424 #A83232 #CA4D4D #D87C7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#A83232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#A83232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83232

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83232	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90C33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 50, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.154 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9726a',
    500: '#a83232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83232;
$custom-light: #c9726a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49531,
    "c": 0.15431,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83232

secondary

#75C1C1

accent

#DDDD4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83232

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

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