#A83438#A83438

#A83438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.152 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83438
RGB	rgb(168, 52, 56)
HSL	hsl(358, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(358, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.70, 47.55, 24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.70, 53.62, 27.52°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% 0.1399 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.152 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0921, 11.0689, 4.9245)
Luminance	0.1107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83438 #34A8A4

analogous

#A83472 #A83438 #A86A34

triadic

#A83438 #38A834 #3438A8

tetradic

#A83438 #72A834 #34A8A4 #6A34A8

square

#A83438 #72A834 #34A8A4 #6A34A8

split-complementary

#A83438 #34A86A #3472A8

monochromatic

#4B1719 #792628 #A83438 #C95054 #D77F82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#A83438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A83438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83438

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83438	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)

#544E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B81437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 52, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.152 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9736e',
    500: '#a83438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83438;
$custom-light: #c9736e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.931,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49851,
    "c": 0.15161,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83438

secondary

#77C0BE

accent

#DCD74C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83438

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

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