#A83520#A83520

#A83520 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.154 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83520
RGB	rgb(168, 53, 32)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(9, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 81%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.54, 46.03, 38.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.54, 60.02, 39.92°)
OKLab	oklab(49.64% 0.1301 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(49.64% 0.154 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6843, 10.9780, 2.5540)
Luminance	0.1098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83520 #2093A8

analogous

#A8204F #A83520 #A87920

triadic

#A83520 #20A835 #3520A8

tetradic

#A83520 #4FA820 #2093A8 #7920A8

square

#A83520 #4FA820 #2093A8 #7920A8

split-complementary

#A83520 #20A879 #204FA8

monochromatic

#41150C #752516 #A83520 #D7482E #E17561

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#A83520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A83520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83520

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83520	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90E31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 53, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.154 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca735d',
    500: '#a83520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83520;
$custom-light: #ca735d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.265,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49639,
    "c": 0.15447,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83520

secondary

#5EB6C6

accent

#D0EB3D

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83520

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

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