#A83237#A83237

#A83237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.154 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83237
RGB	rgb(168, 50, 55)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.39, 48.30, 25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.39, 54.38, 27.37°)
OKLab	oklab(49.61% 0.1421 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(49.61% 0.154 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9805, 10.8845, 4.7678)
Luminance	0.1088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83237 #32A8A3

analogous

#A83272 #A83237 #A86832

triadic

#A83237 #37A832 #3237A8

tetradic

#A83237 #72A832 #32A8A3 #6832A8

square

#A83237 #72A832 #32A8A3 #6832A8

split-complementary

#A83237 #32A868 #3272A8

monochromatic

#4A1618 #792428 #A83237 #CA4D52 #D87C80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#A83237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A83237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83237

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83237	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90F35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 50, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.154 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9726d',
    500: '#a83237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83237;
$custom-light: #c9726d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.458,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49613,
    "c": 0.15375,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83237

secondary

#75C1BE

accent

#DDD74A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83237

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

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