#A84233

A medium, moderate red closely aligning with Brown.

About #A84233

The hex code #A84233 represents a beautifully specific shade of red. Designers often compare it to the standard color Brown. Its digital footprint relies on 168 parts red, 66 parts green, and 51 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 61% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 7.7 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A84233
RGB168, 66, 51
HSL7.7°, 53.4%, 42.9%
CMYK0%, 61%, 70%, 34%
HSV7.7°, 69.6%, 65.9%
LAB41.9, 41.0, 30.5
XYZ18.7, 12.5, 4.6
Decimal11026995

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

6.01:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
3.49:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
5.75:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
2.97:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A84233; }
.text-color { color: #A84233; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A84233; }

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