#A83825#A83825

#A83825 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.151 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83825
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 37)
HSL	hsl(9, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 78%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.06, 44.94, 36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.06, 57.80, 38.97°)
OKLab	oklab(50.04% 0.1277 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(50.04% 0.151 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8985, 11.2894, 2.9865)
Luminance	0.1129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83825 #2595A8

analogous

#A82554 #A83825 #A87925

triadic

#A83825 #25A838 #3825A8

tetradic

#A83825 #54A825 #2595A8 #7925A8

square

#A83825 #54A825 #2595A8 #7925A8

split-complementary

#A83825 #25A879 #2554A8

monochromatic

#44170F #76271A #A83825 #D34E37 #DE7A69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#A83825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#A83825 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83825

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83825	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)

#584F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91734

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.151 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7561',
    500: '#a83825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83825;
$custom-light: #ca7561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.702,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50045,
    "c": 0.15071,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83825

secondary

#65B6C4

accent

#CFE741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83825

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

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