#A83923#A83923

#A83923 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.150 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83923
RGB	rgb(168, 57, 35)
HSL	hsl(10, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(10, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.1%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.21, 44.43, 37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.21, 58.19, 40.23°)
OKLab	oklab(50.15% 0.1257 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(50.15% 0.15 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9170, 11.3751, 2.8420)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83923 #2392A8

analogous

#A8234F #A83923 #A87C23

triadic

#A83923 #23A839 #3923A8

tetradic

#A83923 #4FA823 #2392A8 #7C23A8

square

#A83923 #4FA823 #2392A8 #7C23A8

split-complementary

#A83923 #23A87C #234FA8

monochromatic

#43170E #752818 #A83923 #D54E34 #DF7A66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#A83923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A83923 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83923

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83923	1.00	6.41	3.27	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74681F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91935

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 57, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.150 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca755f',
    500: '#a83923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83923;
$custom-light: #ca755f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.925,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50145,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83923

secondary

#62B4C5

accent

#CCE83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83923

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

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