#A83C2C#A83C2C

#A83C2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.145 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83C2C
RGB	rgb(168, 60, 44)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 73.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.80, 43.47, 33.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.80, 54.71, 37.39°)
OKLab	oklab(50.63% 0.1246 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(50.63% 0.145 31)
XYZ	xyz(18.2209, 11.7410, 3.6892)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83C2C #2C98A8

analogous

#A82C5A #A83C2C #A87A2C

triadic

#A83C2C #2CA83C #3C2CA8

tetradic

#A83C2C #5AA82C #2C98A8 #7A2CA8

square

#A83C2C #5AA82C #2C98A8 #7A2CA8

split-complementary

#A83C2C #2CA87A #2C5AA8

monochromatic

#471913 #782B1F #A83C2C #CE5543 #DB8174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#A83C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#A83C2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83C2C

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83C2C	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A512A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92139

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 60, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.145 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97766',
    500: '#a83c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83c2c;
$custom-light: #c97766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50625,
    "c": 0.14538,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.11738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83C2C

secondary

#6EB7C2

accent

#CEE246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83C2C

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

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