#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
RGB	rgb(168, 62, 33)
HSL	hsl(13, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(13, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.03, 42.10, 39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.03, 57.70, 43.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.76% 0.1182 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(50.76% 0.146 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1476, 11.8825, 2.7765)
Luminance	0.1188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##A83E21	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A83E21

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

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