#A83023#A83023

#A83023 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.158 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83023
RGB	rgb(168, 48, 35)
HSL	hsl(6, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(6, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.83, 48.15, 36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.83, 60.23, 36.91°)
OKLab	oklab(49.12% 0.1374 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(49.12% 0.158 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5108, 10.5628, 2.7066)
Luminance	0.1056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83023 #239BA8

analogous

#A82358 #A83023 #A87323

triadic

#A83023 #23A830 #3023A8

tetradic

#A83023 #58A823 #239BA8 #7323A8

square

#A83023 #58A823 #239BA8 #7323A8

split-complementary

#A83023 #23A873 #2358A8

monochromatic

#43130E #752218 #A83023 #D54334 #DF7266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#A83023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#A83023 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83023

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83023	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 48, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.158 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca705f',
    500: '#a83023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83023;
$custom-light: #ca705f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.865,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49117,
    "c": 0.15847,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83023

secondary

#62BBC5

accent

#D8E83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83023

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

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