#A23027#A23027

#A23027 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.151 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23027
RGB	rgb(162, 48, 39)
HSL	hsl(4, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.74, 46.29, 32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.74, 56.50, 34.99°)
OKLab	oklab(48.11% 0.133 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(48.11% 0.151 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3253, 9.9442, 2.9789)
Luminance	0.0994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23027 #2799A2

analogous

#A2275C #A23027 #A26E27

triadic

#A23027 #27A230 #3027A2

tetradic

#A23027 #5CA227 #2799A2 #6E27A2

square

#A23027 #5CA227 #2799A2 #6E27A2

split-complementary

#A23027 #27A26E #275CA2

monochromatic

#3F130F #71211B #A23027 #CF4237 #DB7169

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#A23027 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A23027 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23027

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23027	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23027	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2072F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 48, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.151 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57062',
    500: '#a23027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23027;
$custom-light: #c57062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.39,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48105,
    "c": 0.15145,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23027

secondary

#64BAC1

accent

#D9E443

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23027

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

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