#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
RGBrgb(168, 56, 36)
HSLhsl(9, 65%, 40%)
HSVhsv(9, 79%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 66.7%, 78.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(40.05, 44.90, 36.88)
CIE-LCHlch(40.05, 58.11, 39.40°)
OKLaboklab(50.03% 0.1274 0.0809)
OKLCHoklch(50.03% 0.151 32.4)
XYZxyz(17.8831, 11.2832, 2.9049)
Luminance0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##A838241.006.453.266.45
#FFFFFF6.451.0021.001.00
#0000003.2621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.451.0021.001.00

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

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#A83824 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva