#A83E21#A83E21

#A83E21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.146 H 35.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A83E21
RGBrgb(168, 62, 33)
HSLhsl(13, 67%, 39%)
HSVhsv(13, 80%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 63.1%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(41.03, 42.10, 39.46)
CIE-LCHlch(41.03, 57.70, 43.14°)
OKLaboklab(50.76% 0.1182 0.0856)
OKLCHoklch(50.76% 0.146 35.9)
XYZxyz(18.1476, 11.8825, 2.7765)
Luminance0.1188 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A83E21 #218BA8
analogous
#A82148 #A83E21 #A88221
triadic
#A83E21 #21A83E #3E21A8
tetradic
#A83E21 #48A821 #218BA8 #8221A8
square
#A83E21 #48A821 #218BA8 #8221A8
split-complementary
#A83E21 #21A882 #2148A8
monochromatic
#42180D #752B17 #A83E21 #D65430 #E07E63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22
#A83E21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38
#A83E21 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83E21
6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A83E21#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A83E211.006.223.386.22
#FFFFFF6.221.0021.001.00
#0000003.3821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.221.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5C521D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#766A1D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B92238
Achromatopsia (no color)
#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a83e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 62, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.146 35.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca785e',
    500: '#a83e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a83e21;
$custom-light: #ca785e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a83e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.889,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50759,
    "c": 0.14591,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A83E21
secondary
#5FB0C5
accent
#C5EA3E
background
#FDF7F5
surface
#FAEDE9
border
#D3C8C5
text
#150904
muted
#837B79

Preview Lab

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#A83E21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva