#A83C23#A83C23

#A83C23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.147 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83C23
RGB	rgb(168, 60, 35)
HSL	hsl(11, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(11, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, 43.09, 38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 57.51, 41.47°)
OKLab	oklab(50.52% 0.1216 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(50.52% 0.147 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0697, 11.6805, 2.8929)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83C23 #238FA8

analogous

#A8234D #A83C23 #A87E23

triadic

#A83C23 #23A83C #3C23A8

tetradic

#A83C23 #4DA823 #238FA8 #7E23A8

square

#A83C23 #4DA823 #238FA8 #7E23A8

split-complementary

#A83C23 #23A87E #234DA8

monochromatic

#43180E #752A18 #A83C23 #D55234 #DF7D66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#A83C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#A83C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83C23

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83C23	1.00	6.30	3.34	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B511F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75691F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91F37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 60, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.147 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7760',
    500: '#a83c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83c23;
$custom-light: #ca7760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.278,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5052,
    "c": 0.14734,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83C23

secondary

#62B2C5

accent

#C9E83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83C23

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

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