#A83D22#A83D22

#A83D22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.147 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83D22
RGB	rgb(168, 61, 34)
HSL	hsl(12, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(12, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.87, 42.60, 38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.87, 57.60, 42.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.64% 0.1199 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(50.64% 0.147 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.1079, 11.7804, 2.8334)
Luminance	0.1178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83D22 #228DA8

analogous

#A8224A #A83D22 #A88022

triadic

#A83D22 #22A83D #3D22A8

tetradic

#A83D22 #4AA822 #228DA8 #8022A8

square

#A83D22 #4AA822 #228DA8 #8022A8

split-complementary

#A83D22 #22A880 #224AA8

monochromatic

#42180D #752B18 #A83D22 #D55332 #E07D65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#A83D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#A83D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83D22

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83D22	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B511E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92138

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 61, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.147 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca775f',
    500: '#a83d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83d22;
$custom-light: #ca775f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.09,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50639,
    "c": 0.14662,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83D22

secondary

#61B1C5

accent

#C7E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83D22

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

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