#A83733#A83733

#A83733 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.149 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83733
RGB	rgb(168, 55, 51)
HSL	hsl(2, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 69.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.08, 46.02, 28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.08, 54.01, 31.57°)
OKLab	oklab(50.11% 0.134 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(50.11% 0.149 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.1141, 11.2988, 4.3584)
Luminance	0.1130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83733 #33A4A8

analogous

#A8336A #A83733 #A87133

triadic

#A83733 #33A837 #3733A8

tetradic

#A83733 #6AA833 #33A4A8 #7133A8

square

#A83733 #6AA833 #33A4A8 #7133A8

split-complementary

#A83733 #33A871 #336AA8

monochromatic

#4A1816 #792825 #A83733 #C9534F #D8817E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#A83733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#A83733 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83733

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83733	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91937

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 55, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.149 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9746b',
    500: '#a83733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83733;
$custom-light: #c9746b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.051,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50112,
    "c": 0.14915,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83733

secondary

#76BEC1

accent

#D8DD4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83733

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

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