#A83D1B#A83D1B

#A83D1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.148 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83D1B
RGB	rgb(168, 61, 27)
HSL	hsl(14, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(14, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, 42.37, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 59.81, 44.90°)
OKLab	oklab(50.58% 0.118 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(50.58% 0.148 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0171, 11.7441, 2.3548)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83D1B #1B86A8

analogous

#A81B3F #A83D1B #A8831B

triadic

#A83D1B #1BA83D #3D1BA8

tetradic

#A83D1B #3FA81B #1B86A8 #831BA8

square

#A83D1B #3FA81B #1B86A8 #831BA8

split-complementary

#A83D1B #1BA883 #1B3FA8

monochromatic

#3F170A #732A13 #A83D1B #DC5124 #E47B59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#A83D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#A83D1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83D1B

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83D1B	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)

#5C5116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766916

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 61, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.148 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca775b',
    500: '#a83d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83d1b;
$custom-light: #ca775b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.468,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50576,
    "c": 0.14815,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83D1B

secondary

#57ADC8

accent

#C3EF39

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83D1B

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

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