#A83826#A83826

#A83826 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.151 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83826
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 38)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 77.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.07, 44.98, 35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.07, 57.49, 38.52°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% 0.128 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.151 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9145, 11.2957, 3.0703)
Luminance	0.1129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83826 #2696A8

analogous

#A82655 #A83826 #A87926

triadic

#A83826 #26A838 #3826A8

tetradic

#A83826 #55A826 #2696A8 #7926A8

square

#A83826 #55A826 #2696A8 #7926A8

split-complementary

#A83826 #26A879 #2655A8

monochromatic

#44170F #76271B #A83826 #D24E39 #DE7B6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#A83826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#A83826 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83826

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83826	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91835

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.151 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7561',
    500: '#a83826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83826;
$custom-light: #ca7561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.308,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50056,
    "c": 0.15051,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83826

secondary

#66B7C4

accent

#CFE642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83826

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

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