#A84231#A84231

#A84231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.138 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84231
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 49)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 70.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.92, 40.93, 31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.92, 51.71, 37.68°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.1176 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.138 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6529, 12.4455, 4.3251)
Luminance	0.1244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84231 #3197A8

analogous

#A8315C #A84231 #A87D31

triadic

#A84231 #31A842 #4231A8

tetradic

#A84231 #5CA831 #3197A8 #7D31A8

square

#A84231 #5CA831 #3197A8 #7D31A8

split-complementary

#A84231 #31A87D #315CA8

monochromatic

#491D15 #792F23 #A84231 #CB5E4C #D8887B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#A84231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#A84231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84231

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84231	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D552F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.138 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97a6a',
    500: '#a84231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84231;
$custom-light: #c97a6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51485,
    "c": 0.13817,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84231

secondary

#74B6C1

accent

#C9DE4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84231

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

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