#A83E1E#A83E1E

#A83E1E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.147 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83E1E
RGB	rgb(168, 62, 30)
HSL	hsl(14, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(14, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.00, 42.00, 40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.00, 58.66, 44.27°)
OKLab	oklab(50.73% 0.1173 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(50.73% 0.147 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1074, 11.8664, 2.5650)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83E1E #1E88A8

analogous

#A81E43 #A83E1E #A8831E

triadic

#A83E1E #1EA83E #3E1EA8

tetradic

#A83E1E #43A81E #1E88A8 #831EA8

square

#A83E1E #43A81E #1E88A8 #831EA8

split-complementary

#A83E1E #1EA883 #1E43A8

monochromatic

#40180B #742B15 #A83E1E #D9532A #E27D5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#A83E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#A83E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83E1E

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83E1E	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 62, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.147 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca785d',
    500: '#a83e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83e1e;
$custom-light: #ca785d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.913,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50732,
    "c": 0.14659,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83E1E

secondary

#5BAEC7

accent

#C3ED3B

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83E1E

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

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