#A83E2C#A83E2C

#A83E2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.143 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83E2C
RGB	rgb(168, 62, 44)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(9, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 73.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.14, 42.55, 33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.14, 54.22, 38.29°)
OKLab	oklab(50.88% 0.1217 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(50.88% 0.143 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3276, 11.9545, 3.7247)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83E2C #2C96A8

analogous

#A82C58 #A83E2C #A87C2C

triadic

#A83E2C #2CA83E #3E2CA8

tetradic

#A83E2C #58A82C #2C96A8 #7C2CA8

square

#A83E2C #58A82C #2C96A8 #7C2CA8

split-complementary

#A83E2C #2CA87C #2C58A8

monochromatic

#471A13 #782C1F #A83E2C #CE5743 #DB8374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#A83E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#A83E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83E2C

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83E2C	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9243A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 62, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.143 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97866',
    500: '#a83e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83e2c;
$custom-light: #c97866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.71,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50883,
    "c": 0.14338,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83E2C

secondary

#6EB6C2

accent

#CBE246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83E2C

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

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