#A83243#A83243

#A83243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.153 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83243
RGB	rgb(168, 50, 67)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 60.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.60, 49.07, 17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.60, 52.20, 19.96°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% 0.1469 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.153 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3040, 11.0138, 6.4712)
Luminance	0.1101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83243 #32A897

analogous

#A8327E #A83243 #A85C32

triadic

#A83243 #43A832 #3243A8

tetradic

#A83243 #7EA832 #32A897 #5C32A8

square

#A83243 #7EA832 #32A897 #5C32A8

split-complementary

#A83243 #32A85C #327EA8

monochromatic

#4A161D #792430 #A83243 #CA4D5F #D87C8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#A83243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A83243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83243

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83243	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514E43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B81539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 50, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.153 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87277',
    500: '#a83243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83243;
$custom-light: #c87277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.356,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49847,
    "c": 0.1532,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83243

secondary

#75C1B6

accent

#DDC84A

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83243

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

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