#A83523#A83523

#A83523 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.154 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83523
RGB	rgb(168, 53, 35)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.57, 46.14, 36.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.57, 59.10, 38.68°)
OKLab	oklab(49.67% 0.1311 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(49.67% 0.154 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7269, 10.9950, 2.7786)
Luminance	0.1099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83523 #2396A8

analogous

#A82354 #A83523 #A87723

triadic

#A83523 #23A835 #3523A8

tetradic

#A83523 #54A823 #2396A8 #7723A8

square

#A83523 #54A823 #2396A8 #7723A8

split-complementary

#A83523 #23A877 #2354A8

monochromatic

#43150E #752518 #A83523 #D54934 #DF7766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#A83523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A83523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83523

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83523	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)

#564D20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90F32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 53, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.154 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca735f',
    500: '#a83523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83523;
$custom-light: #ca735f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.12,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49669,
    "c": 0.15391,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83523

secondary

#62B7C5

accent

#D2E83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83523

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

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