#A84236#A84236

#A84236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.137 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84236
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 54)
HSL	hsl(6, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 67.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 41.21, 28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 50.26, 34.93°)
OKLab	oklab(51.56% 0.1195 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(51.56% 0.137 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7644, 12.4901, 4.9120)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84236 #369CA8

analogous

#A83663 #A84236 #A87B36

triadic

#A84236 #36A842 #4236A8

tetradic

#A84236 #63A836 #369CA8 #7B36A8

square

#A84236 #63A836 #369CA8 #7B36A8

split-complementary

#A84236 #36A87B #3663A8

monochromatic

#4B1E18 #7A3027 #A84236 #C86053 #D78B82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#A84236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#A84236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84236

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84236	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.137 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87a6d',
    500: '#a84236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84236;
$custom-light: #c87a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51559,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84236

secondary

#7AB9C0

accent

#CCDB4D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84236

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

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