#A83B23#A83B23

#A83B23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.148 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83B23
RGB	rgb(168, 59, 35)
HSL	hsl(11, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(11, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.54, 43.54, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.54, 57.73, 41.05°)
OKLab	oklab(50.39% 0.123 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(50.39% 0.148 34)
XYZ	xyz(18.0178, 11.5767, 2.8756)
Luminance	0.1157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83B23 #2390A8

analogous

#A8234E #A83B23 #A87E23

triadic

#A83B23 #23A83B #3B23A8

tetradic

#A83B23 #4EA823 #2390A8 #7E23A8

square

#A83B23 #4EA823 #2390A8 #7E23A8

split-complementary

#A83B23 #23A87E #234EA8

monochromatic

#43170E #752918 #A83B23 #D55134 #DF7C66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#A83B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A83B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83B23

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83B23	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)

#5A501F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75691F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91D36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 59, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.148 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7660',
    500: '#a83b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83b23;
$custom-light: #ca7660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.827,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50393,
    "c": 0.14829,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.11574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83B23

secondary

#62B3C5

accent

#CAE83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83B23

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

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