#A83436#A83436

#A83436 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.152 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83436
RGB	rgb(168, 52, 54)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 67.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.66, 47.43, 25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.66, 54.07, 28.69°)
OKLab	oklab(49.82% 0.1391 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(49.82% 0.152 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0442, 11.0498, 4.6720)
Luminance	0.1105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83436 #34A8A6

analogous

#A83470 #A83436 #A86C34

triadic

#A83436 #36A834 #3436A8

tetradic

#A83436 #70A834 #34A8A6 #6C34A8

square

#A83436 #70A834 #34A8A6 #6C34A8

split-complementary

#A83436 #34A86C #3470A8

monochromatic

#4B1718 #792627 #A83436 #C95052 #D77F81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#A83436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A83436 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83436

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83436	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)

#544E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91336

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 52, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.152 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9736d',
    500: '#a83436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83436;
$custom-light: #c9736d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.966,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49816,
    "c": 0.15182,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83436

secondary

#77C0BF

accent

#DCDA4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83436

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

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