#A42327#A42327

#A42327 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.165 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42327
RGB	rgb(164, 35, 39)
HSL	hsl(358, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(358, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.45, 51.60, 31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.45, 60.23, 31.06°)
OKLab	oklab(47.21% 0.1495 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(47.21% 0.165 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.2790, 9.2436, 2.8461)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42327 #23A4A0

analogous

#A42368 #A42327 #A46023

triadic

#A42327 #27A423 #2327A4

tetradic

#A42327 #68A423 #23A4A0 #6023A4

square

#A42327 #68A423 #23A4A0 #6023A4

split-complementary

#A42327 #23A460 #2368A4

monochromatic

#3F0D0F #72181B #A42327 #D33136 #DE6467

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#A42327 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#A42327 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42327

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42327	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42327	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42327;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 35, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.165 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86a61',
    500: '#a42327',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42327;
$custom-light: #c86a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42327",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.14,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47212,
    "c": 0.16484,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42327

secondary

#60C3C0

accent

#E8E340

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42327

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

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