#A83824#A83824

#A83824 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.151 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83824
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 36)
HSL	hsl(9, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 78.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.05, 44.90, 36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.05, 58.11, 39.40°)
OKLab	oklab(50.03% 0.1274 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(50.03% 0.151 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8831, 11.2832, 2.9049)
Luminance	0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83824 #2494A8

analogous

#A82452 #A83824 #A87A24

triadic

#A83824 #24A838 #3824A8

tetradic

#A83824 #52A824 #2494A8 #7A24A8

square

#A83824 #52A824 #2494A8 #7A24A8

split-complementary

#A83824 #24A87A #2452A8

monochromatic

#43160E #762719 #A83824 #D44D35 #DF7A68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#A83824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#A83824 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83824

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83824	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)

#584F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91734

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.151 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7460',
    500: '#a83824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83824;
$custom-light: #ca7460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.091,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50034,
    "c": 0.15091,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83824

secondary

#63B6C4

accent

#CEE840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83824

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

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