#A83C24#A83C24

#A83C24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.147 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83C24
RGB	rgb(168, 60, 36)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(11, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 78.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.71, 43.13, 37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.71, 57.19, 41.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.53% 0.1219 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(50.53% 0.147 34)
XYZ	xyz(18.0847, 11.6865, 2.9722)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83C24 #2490A8

analogous

#A8244E #A83C24 #A87E24

triadic

#A83C24 #24A83C #3C24A8

tetradic

#A83C24 #4EA824 #2490A8 #7E24A8

square

#A83C24 #4EA824 #2490A8 #7E24A8

split-complementary

#A83C24 #24A87E #244EA8

monochromatic

#43180E #762A19 #A83C24 #D45235 #DF7D68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#A83C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#A83C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83C24

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83C24	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91F37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 60, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.147 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7760',
    500: '#a83c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83c24;
$custom-light: #ca7760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50531,
    "c": 0.14712,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.11684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83C24

secondary

#63B3C4

accent

#C9E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83C24

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

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