#A83236#A83236

#A83236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.154 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83236
RGB	rgb(168, 50, 54)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 67.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.37, 48.24, 25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.37, 54.61, 27.95°)
OKLab	oklab(49.6% 0.1417 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(49.6% 0.154 23)
XYZ	xyz(17.9568, 10.8750, 4.6429)
Luminance	0.1087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83236 #32A8A4

analogous

#A83271 #A83236 #A86932

triadic

#A83236 #36A832 #3236A8

tetradic

#A83236 #71A832 #32A8A4 #6932A8

square

#A83236 #71A832 #32A8A4 #6932A8

split-complementary

#A83236 #32A869 #3271A8

monochromatic

#4A1618 #792427 #A83236 #CA4D51 #D87C7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#A83236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#A83236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83236

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83236	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90E35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 50, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.154 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9726d',
    500: '#a83236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83236;
$custom-light: #c9726d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.966,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49596,
    "c": 0.15385,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.10872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83236

secondary

#75C1BE

accent

#DDD94A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83236

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

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