#A83239#A83239

#A83239 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.154 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83239
RGB	rgb(168, 50, 57)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 66.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.42, 48.42, 23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.42, 53.95, 26.18°)
OKLab	oklab(49.65% 0.1428 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(49.65% 0.154 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0294, 10.9040, 5.0254)
Luminance	0.1090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83239 #32A8A1

analogous

#A83274 #A83239 #A86632

triadic

#A83239 #39A832 #3239A8

tetradic

#A83239 #74A832 #32A8A1 #6632A8

square

#A83239 #74A832 #32A8A1 #6632A8

split-complementary

#A83239 #32A866 #3274A8

monochromatic

#4A1619 #792429 #A83239 #CA4D55 #D87C82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#A83239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A83239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83239

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83239	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B81036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 50, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.154 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9726f',
    500: '#a83239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83239;
$custom-light: #c9726f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.441,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49649,
    "c": 0.15358,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83239

secondary

#75C1BC

accent

#DDD54A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83239

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

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