#A23227#A23227

#A23227 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.150 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23227
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 39)
HSL	hsl(5, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.04, 45.47, 32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.04, 56.02, 35.74°)
OKLab	oklab(48.33% 0.1305 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(48.33% 0.15 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4089, 10.1115, 3.0068)
Luminance	0.1011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23227 #2797A2

analogous

#A2275A #A23227 #A27027

triadic

#A23227 #27A232 #3227A2

tetradic

#A23227 #5AA227 #2797A2 #7027A2

square

#A23227 #5AA227 #2797A2 #7027A2

split-complementary

#A23227 #27A270 #275AA2

monochromatic

#3F140F #71231B #A23227 #CF4537 #DB7369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#A23227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A23227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23227

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23227	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20E30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.150 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57162',
    500: '#a23227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23227;
$custom-light: #c57162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.366,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4833,
    "c": 0.14956,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23227

secondary

#64B9C1

accent

#D6E443

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23227

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

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