#A83519#A83519

#A83519 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.156 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83519
RGB	rgb(168, 53, 25)
HSL	hsl(12, 74%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(12, 85%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 85.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.49, 45.82, 41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.49, 62.15, 42.50°)
OKLab	oklab(49.58% 0.1283 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(49.58% 0.156 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5991, 10.9439, 2.1052)
Luminance	0.1094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83519 #198CA8

analogous

#A81945 #A83519 #A87C19

triadic

#A83519 #19A835 #3519A8

tetradic

#A83519 #45A819 #198CA8 #7C19A8

square

#A83519 #45A819 #198CA8 #7C19A8

split-complementary

#A83519 #19A87C #1945A8

monochromatic

#3D1309 #732411 #A83519 #DD4621 #E67256

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#A83519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#A83519 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83519

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83519	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736613

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90D30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 53, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.156 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7359',
    500: '#a83519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83519;
$custom-light: #cb7359;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.748,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49577,
    "c": 0.15574,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83519

secondary

#54B2C9

accent

#CCF137

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83519

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

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