#A83E24#A83E24

#A83E24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.145 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83E24
RGB	rgb(168, 62, 36)
HSL	hsl(12, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 78.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.06, 42.21, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.06, 56.74, 41.93°)
OKLab	oklab(50.79% 0.1191 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(50.79% 0.145 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1915, 11.9000, 3.0078)
Luminance	0.1190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83E24 #248EA8

analogous

#A8244C #A83E24 #A88024

triadic

#A83E24 #24A83E #3E24A8

tetradic

#A83E24 #4CA824 #248EA8 #8024A8

square

#A83E24 #4CA824 #248EA8 #8024A8

split-complementary

#A83E24 #24A880 #244CA8

monochromatic

#43190E #762B19 #A83E24 #D45535 #DF7F68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#A83E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#A83E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83E24

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83E24	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 62, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.145 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7860',
    500: '#a83e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83e24;
$custom-light: #ca7860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.818,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50789,
    "c": 0.14522,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83E24

secondary

#63B1C4

accent

#C7E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83E24

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

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