#A83524#A83524

#A83524 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.154 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83524
RGB	rgb(168, 53, 36)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 78.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.58, 46.17, 36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.58, 58.79, 38.24°)
OKLab	oklab(49.68% 0.1314 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(49.68% 0.154 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7420, 11.0011, 2.8579)
Luminance	0.1100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83524 #2497A8

analogous

#A82455 #A83524 #A87724

triadic

#A83524 #24A835 #3524A8

tetradic

#A83524 #55A824 #2497A8 #7724A8

square

#A83524 #55A824 #2497A8 #7724A8

split-complementary

#A83524 #24A877 #2455A8

monochromatic

#43150E #762519 #A83524 #D44A35 #DF7768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#A83524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A83524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83524

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83524	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 53, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.154 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7360',
    500: '#a83524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83524;
$custom-light: #ca7360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.727,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4968,
    "c": 0.15372,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83524

secondary

#63B8C4

accent

#D2E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83524

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

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