#A83820#A83820

#A83820 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.152 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83820
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 32)
HSL	hsl(11, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(11, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 81%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.02, 44.76, 38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.02, 59.35, 41.05°)
OKLab	oklab(49.99% 0.1262 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(49.99% 0.152 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8254, 11.2601, 2.6010)
Luminance	0.1126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83820 #2090A8

analogous

#A8204C #A83820 #A87C20

triadic

#A83820 #20A838 #3820A8

tetradic

#A83820 #4CA820 #2090A8 #7C20A8

square

#A83820 #4CA820 #2090A8 #7C20A8

split-complementary

#A83820 #20A87C #204CA8

monochromatic

#41160C #752716 #A83820 #D74C2E #E17861

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#A83820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A83820 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83820

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83820	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91633

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.152 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca745d',
    500: '#a83820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83820;
$custom-light: #ca745d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.588,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49993,
    "c": 0.15171,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83820

secondary

#5EB4C6

accent

#CCEB3D

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83820

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

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