#A83823#A83823

#A83823 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.151 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83823
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 35)
HSL	hsl(9, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.04, 44.86, 37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.04, 58.42, 39.83°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% 0.1271 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.151 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8680, 11.2772, 2.8256)
Luminance	0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83823 #2393A8

analogous

#A82350 #A83823 #A87B23

triadic

#A83823 #23A838 #3823A8

tetradic

#A83823 #50A823 #2393A8 #7B23A8

square

#A83823 #50A823 #2393A8 #7B23A8

split-complementary

#A83823 #23A87B #2350A8

monochromatic

#43160E #752718 #A83823 #D54D34 #DF7966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#A83823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#A83823 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83823

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83823	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74681F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91734

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.151 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca745f',
    500: '#a83823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83823;
$custom-light: #ca745f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50023,
    "c": 0.15111,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83823

secondary

#62B5C5

accent

#CEE83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83823

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

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