#A83C1B#A83C1B

#A83C1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.149 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83C1B
RGB	rgb(168, 60, 27)
HSL	hsl(14, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(14, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.64, 42.82, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.64, 60.03, 44.49°)
OKLab	oklab(50.45% 0.1194 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(50.45% 0.149 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9642, 11.6383, 2.3372)
Luminance	0.1164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83C1B #1B87A8

analogous

#A81B40 #A83C1B #A8831B

triadic

#A83C1B #1BA83C #3C1BA8

tetradic

#A83C1B #40A81B #1B87A8 #831BA8

square

#A83C1B #40A81B #1B87A8 #831BA8

split-complementary

#A83C1B #1BA883 #1B40A8

monochromatic

#3F160A #732913 #A83C1B #DC4F24 #E47A59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#A83C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#A83C1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83C1B

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83C1B	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766916

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91E36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 60, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.149 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca775b',
    500: '#a83c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83c1b;
$custom-light: #ca775b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.043,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50447,
    "c": 0.14906,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83C1B

secondary

#57ADC8

accent

#C4EF39

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83C1B

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

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