#A83B1D#A83B1D

#A83B1D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.150 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83B1D
RGB	rgb(168, 59, 29)
HSL	hsl(13, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(13, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.48, 43.33, 40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.48, 59.62, 43.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.34% 0.1213 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(50.34% 0.15 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9362, 11.5441, 2.4459)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83B1D #1D8AA8

analogous

#A81D44 #A83B1D #A8801D

triadic

#A83B1D #1DA83B #3B1DA8

tetradic

#A83B1D #44A81D #1D8AA8 #801DA8

square

#A83B1D #44A81D #1D8AA8 #801DA8

split-complementary

#A83B1D #1DA880 #1D44A8

monochromatic

#40160B #742914 #A83B1D #DA4F28 #E3795C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#A83B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A83B1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83B1D

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83B1D	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91C35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 59, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.150 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca765c',
    500: '#a83b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83b1d;
$custom-light: #ca765c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.95,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50336,
    "c": 0.14956,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83B1D

secondary

#5AAFC7

accent

#C7ED3A

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83B1D

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

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