#A83921#A83921

#A83921 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.151 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83921
RGB	rgb(168, 57, 33)
HSL	hsl(11, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(11, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.1%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.19, 44.35, 38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.19, 58.81, 41.05°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% 0.1251 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.151 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8881, 11.3635, 2.6900)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83921 #2190A8

analogous

#A8214C #A83921 #A87D21

triadic

#A83921 #21A839 #3921A8

tetradic

#A83921 #4CA821 #2190A8 #7D21A8

square

#A83921 #4CA821 #2190A8 #7D21A8

split-complementary

#A83921 #21A87D #214CA8

monochromatic

#42160D #752817 #A83921 #D64D30 #E07963

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#A83921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A83921 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83921

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83921	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74681C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91934

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 57, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.151 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca755e',
    500: '#a83921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83921;
$custom-light: #ca755e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50125,
    "c": 0.15059,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83921

secondary

#5FB3C5

accent

#CBEA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83921

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

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