#A84338#A84338

#A84338 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.136 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84338
RGB	rgb(168, 67, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(6, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.20, 40.85, 27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.20, 49.44, 34.29°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% 0.1188 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.136 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8712, 12.6272, 5.1842)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84338 #389DA8

analogous

#A83865 #A84338 #A87B38

triadic

#A84338 #38A843 #4338A8

tetradic

#A84338 #65A838 #389DA8 #7B38A8

square

#A84338 #65A838 #389DA8 #7B38A8

split-complementary

#A84338 #38A87B #3865A8

monochromatic

#4C1E19 #7A3129 #A84338 #C76156 #D68C84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#A84338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#A84338 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84338

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84338	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 67, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.136 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87b6f',
    500: '#a84338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84338;
$custom-light: #c87b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.893,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51728,
    "c": 0.13555,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84338

secondary

#7CB9C0

accent

#CCDA4E

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#140A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84338

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

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