#A83525#A83525

#A83525 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.154 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83525
RGB	rgb(168, 53, 37)
HSL	hsl(7, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(7, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 78%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.59, 46.21, 35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.59, 58.49, 37.80°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% 0.1317 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.154 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7575, 11.0072, 2.9395)
Luminance	0.1100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83525 #2598A8

analogous

#A82557 #A83525 #A87625

triadic

#A83525 #25A835 #3525A8

tetradic

#A83525 #57A825 #2598A8 #7625A8

square

#A83525 #57A825 #2598A8 #7625A8

split-complementary

#A83525 #25A876 #2557A8

monochromatic

#44150F #76251A #A83525 #D34A37 #DE7869

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#A83525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A83525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83525

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83525	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)

#564D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 53, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.154 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7361',
    500: '#a83525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83525;
$custom-light: #ca7361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.328,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49691,
    "c": 0.15354,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83525

secondary

#65B8C4

accent

#D3E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83525

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

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