#A83421#A83421

#A83421 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.155 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83421
RGB	rgb(168, 52, 33)
HSL	hsl(8, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(8, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.40, 46.48, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.40, 59.94, 39.15°)
OKLab	oklab(49.53% 0.1317 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(49.53% 0.155 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6530, 10.8933, 2.6116)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83421 #2195A8

analogous

#A82152 #A83421 #A87721

triadic

#A83421 #21A834 #3421A8

tetradic

#A83421 #52A821 #2195A8 #7721A8

square

#A83421 #52A821 #2195A8 #7721A8

split-complementary

#A83421 #21A877 #2152A8

monochromatic

#42140D #752417 #A83421 #D64730 #E07563

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#A83421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A83421 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83421

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83421	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73661C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90B31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 52, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.155 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca725e',
    500: '#a83421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83421;
$custom-light: #ca725e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.444,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49534,
    "c": 0.1552,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83421

secondary

#5FB7C5

accent

#D2EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83421

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

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