#A83849#A83849

#A83849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.147 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83849
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 73)
HSL	hsl(351, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(351, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 56.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.63, 47.05, 15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.63, 49.52, 18.17°)
OKLab	oklab(50.65% 0.1414 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(50.65% 0.147 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7669, 11.6367, 7.5599)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83849 #38A897

analogous

#A83881 #A83849 #A85F38

triadic

#A83849 #49A838 #3849A8

tetradic

#A83849 #81A838 #38A897 #5F38A8

square

#A83849 #81A838 #38A897 #5F38A8

split-complementary

#A83849 #38A85F #3881A8

monochromatic

#4C1921 #7A2935 #A83849 #C75667 #D68491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#A83849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#A83849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83849

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83849	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8223F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.147 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8757b',
    500: '#a83849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83849;
$custom-light: #c8757b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.893,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50655,
    "c": 0.14653,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83849

secondary

#7CC0B6

accent

#DAC44E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83849

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

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