#A83221#A83221

#A83221 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.157 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83221
RGB	rgb(168, 50, 33)
HSL	hsl(8, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(8, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.10, 47.29, 37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.10, 60.38, 38.44°)
OKLab	oklab(49.31% 0.1343 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(49.31% 0.157 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5656, 10.7185, 2.5825)
Luminance	0.1072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83221 #2197A8

analogous

#A82153 #A83221 #A87621

triadic

#A83221 #21A832 #3221A8

tetradic

#A83221 #53A821 #2197A8 #7621A8

square

#A83221 #53A821 #2197A8 #7621A8

split-complementary

#A83221 #21A876 #2153A8

monochromatic

#42140D #752317 #A83221 #D64530 #E07363

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#A83221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#A83221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83221

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83221	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9042F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 50, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.157 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca715e',
    500: '#a83221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83221;
$custom-light: #ca715e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.556,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49311,
    "c": 0.15702,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83221

secondary

#5FB9C5

accent

#D4EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83221

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

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