#A83822#A83822

#A83822 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.151 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83822
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 34)
HSL	hsl(10, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(10, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.03, 44.83, 37.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.03, 58.73, 40.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.01% 0.1268 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(50.01% 0.151 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8534, 11.2713, 2.7486)
Luminance	0.1127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83822 #2292A8

analogous

#A8224F #A83822 #A87B22

triadic

#A83822 #22A838 #3822A8

tetradic

#A83822 #4FA822 #2292A8 #7B22A8

square

#A83822 #4FA822 #2292A8 #7B22A8

split-complementary

#A83822 #22A87B #224FA8

monochromatic

#42160D #752718 #A83822 #D54D32 #E07965

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#A83822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A83822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83822

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83822	1.00	6.45	3.25	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91734

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.151 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca745f',
    500: '#a83822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83822;
$custom-light: #ca745f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.851,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50013,
    "c": 0.15132,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83822

secondary

#61B5C5

accent

#CDE93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83822

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

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