#A23527#A23527

#A23527 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.147 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23527
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 39)
HSL	hsl(7, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(7, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.51, 44.20, 33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.51, 55.30, 36.94°)
OKLab	oklab(48.68% 0.1265 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(48.68% 0.147 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5414, 10.3765, 3.0509)
Luminance	0.1037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23527 #2794A2

analogous

#A22757 #A23527 #A27327

triadic

#A23527 #27A235 #3527A2

tetradic

#A23527 #57A227 #2794A2 #7327A2

square

#A23527 #57A227 #2794A2 #7327A2

split-complementary

#A23527 #27A273 #2757A2

monochromatic

#3F150F #71251B #A23527 #CF4937 #DB7669

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#A23527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A23527 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23527

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23527	1.00	6.83	3.07	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21632

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.147 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57262',
    500: '#a23527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23527;
$custom-light: #c57262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.829,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48681,
    "c": 0.14667,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23527

secondary

#64B6C1

accent

#D2E443

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23527

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

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