#A84237#A84237

#A84237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.137 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84237
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 55)
HSL	hsl(6, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(6, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, 41.27, 28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 49.98, 34.35°)
OKLab	oklab(51.58% 0.1199 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(51.58% 0.137 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7881, 12.4996, 5.0370)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84237 #379DA8

analogous

#A83764 #A84237 #A87A37

triadic

#A84237 #37A842 #4237A8

tetradic

#A84237 #64A837 #379DA8 #7A37A8

square

#A84237 #64A837 #379DA8 #7A37A8

split-complementary

#A84237 #37A87A #3764A8

monochromatic

#4C1E19 #7A3028 #A84237 #C76055 #D68B83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#A84237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#A84237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84237

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84237	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)

#5D5535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.137 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87a6e',
    500: '#a84237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84237;
$custom-light: #c87a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.841,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51575,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84237

secondary

#7BB9C0

accent

#CCDA4E

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84237

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

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