#A83B22#A83B22

#A83B22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.148 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83B22
RGB	rgb(168, 59, 34)
HSL	hsl(11, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(11, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.53, 43.50, 38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.53, 58.05, 41.46°)
OKLab	oklab(50.38% 0.1227 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(50.38% 0.149 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0032, 11.5709, 2.7985)
Luminance	0.1157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83B22 #228FA8

analogous

#A8224C #A83B22 #A87E22

triadic

#A83B22 #22A83B #3B22A8

tetradic

#A83B22 #4CA822 #228FA8 #7E22A8

square

#A83B22 #4CA822 #228FA8 #7E22A8

split-complementary

#A83B22 #22A87E #224CA8

monochromatic

#42170D #752918 #A83B22 #D55032 #E07C65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#A83B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A83B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83B22

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83B22	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A501E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75691E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91D36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 59, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.148 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca765f',
    500: '#a83b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83b22;
$custom-light: #ca765f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.194,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50383,
    "c": 0.1485,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83B22

secondary

#61B2C5

accent

#C9E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83B22

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

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