#A23827#A23827

#A23827 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.144 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23827
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 39)
HSL	hsl(8, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(8, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.00, 42.88, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.00, 54.58, 38.22°)
OKLab	oklab(49.05% 0.1224 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(49.05% 0.144 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6825, 10.6586, 3.0979)
Luminance	0.1066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23827 #2791A2

analogous

#A22753 #A23827 #A27627

triadic

#A23827 #27A238 #3827A2

tetradic

#A23827 #53A227 #2791A2 #7627A2

square

#A23827 #53A227 #2791A2 #7627A2

split-complementary

#A23827 #27A276 #2753A2

monochromatic

#3F160F #71271B #A23827 #CF4C37 #DB7869

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#A23827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#A23827 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23827

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23827	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706423

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21C35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.144 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57462',
    500: '#a23827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23827;
$custom-light: #c57462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.293,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49049,
    "c": 0.14373,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23827

secondary

#64B4C1

accent

#CEE443

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23827

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

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