#A84121#A84121

#A84121 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.143 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84121
RGB	rgb(168, 65, 33)
HSL	hsl(14, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(14, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.56, 40.69, 39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.56, 57.05, 44.49°)
OKLab	oklab(51.16% 0.1138 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(51.16% 0.143 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3152, 12.2178, 2.8324)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84121 #2188A8

analogous

#A82145 #A84121 #A88521

triadic

#A84121 #21A841 #4121A8

tetradic

#A84121 #45A821 #2188A8 #8521A8

square

#A84121 #45A821 #2188A8 #8521A8

split-complementary

#A84121 #21A885 #2145A8

monochromatic

#42190D #752D17 #A84121 #D65730 #E08163

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#A84121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#A84121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84121

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84121	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E541C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9273B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 65, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.143 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7a5f',
    500: '#a84121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84121;
$custom-light: #ca7a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.222,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51161,
    "c": 0.14311,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84121

secondary

#5FADC5

accent

#C1EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84121

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

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