#A83C1E#A83C1E

#A83C1E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.148 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83C1E
RGB	rgb(168, 60, 30)
HSL	hsl(13, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(13, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.66, 42.92, 40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.66, 59.09, 43.43°)
OKLab	oklab(50.47% 0.1202 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(50.47% 0.148 36)
XYZ	xyz(18.0007, 11.6529, 2.5294)
Luminance	0.1165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83C1E #1E8AA8

analogous

#A81E45 #A83C1E #A8811E

triadic

#A83C1E #1EA83C #3C1EA8

tetradic

#A83C1E #45A81E #1E8AA8 #811EA8

square

#A83C1E #45A81E #1E8AA8 #811EA8

split-complementary

#A83C1E #1EA881 #1E45A8

monochromatic

#40170B #742915 #A83C1E #D9502A #E27B5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#A83C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#A83C1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83C1E

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83C1E	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)

#5B5119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91E36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 60, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.148 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca775c',
    500: '#a83c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83c1e;
$custom-light: #ca775c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.043,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50472,
    "c": 0.14843,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.1165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83C1E

secondary

#5BAFC7

accent

#C6ED3B

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83C1E

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

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