#A83B1E#A83B1E

#A83B1E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.149 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83B1E
RGB	rgb(168, 59, 30)
HSL	hsl(13, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(13, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.49, 43.37, 40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.49, 59.31, 43.01°)
OKLab	oklab(50.35% 0.1215 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(50.35% 0.149 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9488, 11.5491, 2.5121)
Luminance	0.1155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83B1E #1E8BA8

analogous

#A81E46 #A83B1E #A8801E

triadic

#A83B1E #1EA83B #3B1EA8

tetradic

#A83B1E #46A81E #1E8BA8 #801EA8

square

#A83B1E #46A81E #1E8BA8 #801EA8

split-complementary

#A83B1E #1EA880 #1E46A8

monochromatic

#40170B #742915 #A83B1E #D94F2A #E27A5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#A83B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A83B1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83B1E

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83B1E	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)

#5A501A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91C35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 59, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.149 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca765c',
    500: '#a83b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83b1e;
$custom-light: #ca765c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.609,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50345,
    "c": 0.14935,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83B1E

secondary

#5BB0C7

accent

#C7ED3B

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83B1E

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

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