#A23927#A23927

#A23927 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.143 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23927
RGB	rgb(162, 57, 39)
HSL	hsl(9, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(9, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.17, 42.43, 33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.17, 54.34, 38.67°)
OKLab	oklab(49.18% 0.121 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(49.18% 0.143 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7314, 10.7565, 3.1143)
Luminance	0.1075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23927 #2790A2

analogous

#A22753 #A23927 #A27627

triadic

#A23927 #27A239 #3927A2

tetradic

#A23927 #53A227 #2790A2 #7627A2

square

#A23927 #53A227 #2790A2 #7627A2

split-complementary

#A23927 #27A276 #2753A2

monochromatic

#3F160F #71281B #A23927 #CF4D37 #DB7969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#A23927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#A23927 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23927

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23927	1.00	6.66	3.15	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21E35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 57, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.143 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57462',
    500: '#a23927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23927;
$custom-light: #c57462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.78,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49175,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23927

secondary

#64B3C1

accent

#CDE443

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23927

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

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