#A84040#A84040

#A84040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.138 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84040
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(0, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.79, 42.79, 22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.79, 48.36, 27.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% 0.1264 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.138 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9090, 12.3643, 6.2403)
Luminance	0.1236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84040 #40A8A8

analogous

#A84074 #A84040 #A87440

triadic

#A84040 #40A840 #4040A8

tetradic

#A84040 #74A840 #40A8A8 #7440A8

square

#A84040 #74A840 #40A8A8 #7440A8

split-complementary

#A84040 #40A874 #4074A8

monochromatic

#4F1E1E #7C2F2F #A84040 #C36262 #D48E8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#A84040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#A84040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84040

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84040	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A553F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.138 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87974',
    500: '#a84040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84040;
$custom-light: #c87974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51464,
    "c": 0.13756,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84040

secondary

#85BFBF

accent

#D5D553

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84040

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

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