#A23427#A23427

#A23427 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.148 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23427
RGB	rgb(162, 52, 39)
HSL	hsl(6, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.35, 44.63, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.35, 55.54, 36.53°)
OKLab	oklab(48.56% 0.1278 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(48.56% 0.148 30)
XYZ	xyz(16.4963, 10.2863, 3.0359)
Luminance	0.1028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23427 #2795A2

analogous

#A22758 #A23427 #A27127

triadic

#A23427 #27A234 #3427A2

tetradic

#A23427 #58A227 #2795A2 #7127A2

square

#A23427 #58A227 #2795A2 #7127A2

split-complementary

#A23427 #27A271 #2758A2

monochromatic

#3F140F #71241B #A23427 #CF4737 #DB7569

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#A23427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A23427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23427

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23427	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 52, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.148 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57262',
    500: '#a23427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23427;
$custom-light: #c57262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.341,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48562,
    "c": 0.14763,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.10284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23427

secondary

#64B7C1

accent

#D3E443

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23427

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

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