#A83028#A83028

#A83028 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.158 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83028
RGB	rgb(168, 48, 40)
HSL	hsl(4, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(4, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 76.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.89, 48.35, 33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.89, 58.76, 34.64°)
OKLab	oklab(49.18% 0.139 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(49.18% 0.158 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5904, 10.5946, 3.1258)
Luminance	0.1059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83028 #28A0A8

analogous

#A82860 #A83028 #A87028

triadic

#A83028 #28A830 #3028A8

tetradic

#A83028 #60A828 #28A0A8 #7028A8

square

#A83028 #60A828 #28A0A8 #7028A8

split-complementary

#A83028 #28A870 #2860A8

monochromatic

#451410 #77221C #A83028 #D1463D #DC756E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#A83028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#A83028 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83028

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83028	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 48, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.158 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7062',
    500: '#a83028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83028;
$custom-light: #ca7062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49175,
    "c": 0.15766,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83028

secondary

#69BEC3

accent

#DBE543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83028

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

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