#A83521#A83521

#A83521 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.154 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83521
RGB	rgb(168, 53, 33)
HSL	hsl(9, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(9, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.55, 46.07, 37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.55, 59.71, 39.51°)
OKLab	oklab(49.65% 0.1305 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(49.65% 0.154 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6981, 10.9835, 2.6267)
Luminance	0.1098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83521 #2194A8

analogous

#A82151 #A83521 #A87921

triadic

#A83521 #21A835 #3521A8

tetradic

#A83521 #51A821 #2194A8 #7921A8

square

#A83521 #51A821 #2194A8 #7921A8

split-complementary

#A83521 #21A879 #2151A8

monochromatic

#42150D #752517 #A83521 #D64930 #E07663

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#A83521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A83521 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83521

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83521	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)

#564D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90F31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 53, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.154 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca735e',
    500: '#a83521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83521;
$custom-light: #ca735e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49649,
    "c": 0.15429,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83521

secondary

#5FB6C5

accent

#D1EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83521

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

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