#A83340#A83340

#A83340 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.152 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83340
RGB	rgb(168, 51, 64)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(353, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.69, 48.46, 19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.69, 52.35, 22.23°)
OKLab	oklab(49.89% 0.1444 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(49.89% 0.152 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2595, 11.0652, 6.0238)
Luminance	0.1106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83340 #33A89B

analogous

#A8337B #A83340 #A86033

triadic

#A83340 #40A833 #3340A8

tetradic

#A83340 #7BA833 #33A89B #6033A8

square

#A83340 #7BA833 #33A89B #6033A8

split-complementary

#A83340 #33A860 #337BA8

monochromatic

#4A161C #79252E #A83340 #C94F5C #D87E88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#A83340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A83340 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83340

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83340	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B81539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 51, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.152 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87274',
    500: '#a83340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83340;
$custom-light: #c87274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49892,
    "c": 0.15215,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83340

secondary

#76C1B8

accent

#DDCD4B

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83340

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

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