#A83333#A83333

#A83333 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.153 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83333
RGB	rgb(168, 51, 51)
HSL	hsl(0, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 69.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.47, 47.68, 27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.47, 55.06, 30.01°)
OKLab	oklab(49.66% 0.1392 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(49.66% 0.153 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9317, 10.9341, 4.2976)
Luminance	0.1093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83333 #33A8A8

analogous

#A8336D #A83333 #A86D33

triadic

#A83333 #33A833 #3333A8

tetradic

#A83333 #6DA833 #33A8A8 #6D33A8

square

#A83333 #6DA833 #33A8A8 #6D33A8

split-complementary

#A83333 #33A86D #336DA8

monochromatic

#4A1616 #792525 #A83333 #C94F4F #D87E7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#A83333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#A83333 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83333

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83333	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 51, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.153 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9726b',
    500: '#a83333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83333;
$custom-light: #c9726b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49656,
    "c": 0.15319,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83333

secondary

#76C1C1

accent

#DDDD4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83333

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

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