#A23727#A23727

#A23727 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.145 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23727
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 39)
HSL	hsl(8, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(8, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.83, 43.33, 33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.83, 54.82, 37.79°)
OKLab	oklab(48.92% 0.1238 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(48.92% 0.145 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6345, 10.5626, 3.0819)
Luminance	0.1056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23727 #2792A2

analogous

#A22755 #A23727 #A27527

triadic

#A23727 #27A237 #3727A2

tetradic

#A23727 #55A227 #2792A2 #7527A2

square

#A23727 #55A227 #2792A2 #7527A2

split-complementary

#A23727 #27A275 #2755A2

monochromatic

#3F160F #71261B #A23727 #CF4B37 #DB7769

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#A23727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#A23727 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23727

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23727	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706423

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21A34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.145 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57362',
    500: '#a23727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23727;
$custom-light: #c57362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.805,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48924,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23727

secondary

#64B5C1

accent

#CFE443

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23727

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

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