#A23327#A23327

#A23327 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.149 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23327
RGB	rgb(162, 51, 39)
HSL	hsl(6, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.20, 45.05, 32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.20, 55.78, 36.13°)
OKLab	oklab(48.45% 0.1292 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(48.45% 0.149 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4522, 10.1979, 3.0212)
Luminance	0.1020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23327 #2796A2

analogous

#A22758 #A23327 #A27127

triadic

#A23327 #27A233 #3327A2

tetradic

#A23327 #58A227 #2796A2 #7127A2

square

#A23327 #58A227 #2796A2 #7127A2

split-complementary

#A23327 #27A271 #2758A2

monochromatic

#3F140F #71231B #A23327 #CF4637 #DB7469

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.91

#A23327 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A23327 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23327

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23327	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23327	1.00	6.91	3.04	6.91
#FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21131

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23327;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 51, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.149 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57162',
    500: '#a23327',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23327;
$custom-light: #c57162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23327",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.854,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48445,
    "c": 0.14859,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23327

secondary

#64B8C1

accent

#D5E443

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23327

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

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