#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
RGBrgb(168, 52, 56)
HSLhsl(358, 53%, 43%)
HSVhsv(358, 69%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 69%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(39.70, 47.55, 24.77)
CIE-LCHlch(39.70, 53.62, 27.52°)
OKLaboklab(49.85% 0.1399 0.0585)
OKLCHoklch(49.85% 0.152 22.7)
XYZxyz(18.0921, 11.0689, 4.9245)
Luminance0.1107 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##A834381.006.543.216.54
#FFFFFF6.541.0021.001.00
#0000003.2121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.541.0021.001.00

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

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#A83438 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva