#A83821#A83821

#A83821 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.152 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83821
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 33)
HSL	hsl(10, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(10, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.02, 44.79, 38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.02, 59.04, 40.65°)
OKLab	oklab(50% 0.1265 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(50% 0.152 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8392, 11.2656, 2.6737)
Luminance	0.1126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83821 #2191A8

analogous

#A8214E #A83821 #A87C21

triadic

#A83821 #21A838 #3821A8

tetradic

#A83821 #4EA821 #2191A8 #7C21A8

square

#A83821 #4EA821 #2191A8 #7C21A8

split-complementary

#A83821 #21A87C #214EA8

monochromatic

#42160D #752717 #A83821 #D64C30 #E07863

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#A83821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A83821 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83821

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83821	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)

#584F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91734

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.152 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca745e',
    500: '#a83821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83821;
$custom-light: #ca745e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.222,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50003,
    "c": 0.15152,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83821

secondary

#5FB4C5

accent

#CDEA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83821

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

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