#A83423#A83423

#A83423 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.155 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83423
RGB	rgb(168, 52, 35)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.42, 46.55, 36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.42, 59.33, 38.31°)
OKLab	oklab(49.56% 0.1324 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(49.56% 0.155 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6818, 10.9048, 2.7636)
Luminance	0.1090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83423 #2397A8

analogous

#A82355 #A83423 #A87623

triadic

#A83423 #23A834 #3423A8

tetradic

#A83423 #55A823 #2397A8 #7623A8

square

#A83423 #55A823 #2397A8 #7623A8

split-complementary

#A83423 #23A876 #2355A8

monochromatic

#43150E #752418 #A83423 #D54834 #DF7666

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#A83423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A83423 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83423

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83423	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90C31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 52, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.155 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca725f',
    500: '#a83423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83423;
$custom-light: #ca725f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.669,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49555,
    "c": 0.15484,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83423

secondary

#62B8C5

accent

#D3E83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83423

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

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