#A84233#A84233

#A84233 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.138 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84233
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 51)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 69.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.94, 41.03, 30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.94, 51.12, 36.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% 0.1184 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.138 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6961, 12.4628, 4.5524)
Luminance	0.1246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84233 #3399A8

analogous

#A8335F #A84233 #A87C33

triadic

#A84233 #33A842 #4233A8

tetradic

#A84233 #5FA833 #3399A8 #7C33A8

square

#A84233 #5FA833 #3399A8 #7C33A8

split-complementary

#A84233 #33A87C #335FA8

monochromatic

#4A1D16 #793025 #A84233 #C95E4F #D8897E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#A84233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#A84233 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84233

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84233	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.138 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87a6b',
    500: '#a84233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84233;
$custom-light: #c87a6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.692,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51514,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84233

secondary

#76B7C1

accent

#CADD4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84233

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

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