#A83642#A83642

#A83642 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.149 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83642
RGB	rgb(168, 54, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(354, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.18, 47.37, 19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.18, 51.11, 22.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.27% 0.1413 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(50.27% 0.149 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4528, 11.3591, 6.3740)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83642 #36A89C

analogous

#A8367B #A83642 #A86336

triadic

#A83642 #42A836 #3642A8

tetradic

#A83642 #7BA836 #36A89C #6336A8

square

#A83642 #7BA836 #36A89C #6336A8

split-complementary

#A83642 #36A863 #367BA8

monochromatic

#4B181E #7A2730 #A83642 #C85360 #D7828B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#A83642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A83642 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83642

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83642	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70683F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B81C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 54, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.149 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87476',
    500: '#a83642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83642;
$custom-light: #c87476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.684,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50269,
    "c": 0.14881,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83642

secondary

#7AC0B9

accent

#DBCC4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83642

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

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