#A83A22#A83A22

#A83A22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.149 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83A22
RGB	rgb(168, 58, 34)
HSL	hsl(11, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(11, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.36, 43.95, 38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.36, 58.28, 41.05°)
OKLab	oklab(50.26% 0.1241 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(50.26% 0.149 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9522, 11.4690, 2.7815)
Luminance	0.1147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83A22 #2290A8

analogous

#A8224D #A83A22 #A87D22

triadic

#A83A22 #22A83A #3A22A8

tetradic

#A83A22 #4DA822 #2290A8 #7D22A8

square

#A83A22 #4DA822 #2290A8 #7D22A8

split-complementary

#A83A22 #22A87D #224DA8

monochromatic

#42170D #752818 #A83A22 #D54F32 #E07B65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#A83A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#A83A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83A22

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83A22	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59501E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75681E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91B35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 58, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.149 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca765f',
    500: '#a83a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83a22;
$custom-light: #ca765f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.746,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50258,
    "c": 0.14945,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83A22

secondary

#61B3C5

accent

#CBE93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83A22

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

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