#A83223#A83223

#A83223 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.157 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83223
RGB	rgb(168, 50, 35)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.12, 47.36, 36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.12, 59.78, 37.60°)
OKLab	oklab(49.33% 0.1349 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(49.33% 0.157 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5945, 10.7300, 2.7344)
Luminance	0.1073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83223 #2399A8

analogous

#A82357 #A83223 #A87523

triadic

#A83223 #23A832 #3223A8

tetradic

#A83223 #57A823 #2399A8 #7523A8

square

#A83223 #57A823 #2399A8 #7523A8

split-complementary

#A83223 #23A875 #2357A8

monochromatic

#43140E #752318 #A83223 #D54634 #DF7466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#A83223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#A83223 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83223

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83223	1.00	6.68	3.15	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90530

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 50, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.157 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca715f',
    500: '#a83223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83223;
$custom-light: #ca715f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.767,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49332,
    "c": 0.15666,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83223

secondary

#62BAC5

accent

#D5E83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83223

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

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