#A43227#A43227

#A43227 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.152 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43227
RGB	rgb(164, 50, 39)
HSL	hsl(5, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.42, 46.16, 33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.42, 56.88, 35.76°)
OKLab	oklab(48.68% 0.1324 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(48.68% 0.152 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8185, 10.3227, 3.0260)
Luminance	0.1032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43227 #2799A4

analogous

#A4275B #A43227 #A47127

triadic

#A43227 #27A432 #3227A4

tetradic

#A43227 #5BA427 #2799A4 #7127A4

square

#A43227 #5BA427 #2799A4 #7127A4

split-complementary

#A43227 #27A471 #275BA4

monochromatic

#41140F #73231B #A43227 #D04638 #DC746A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85

#A43227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A43227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43227

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43227	1.00	6.85	3.06	6.85
#FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6423

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50C30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 50, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.152 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77162',
    500: '#a43227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43227;
$custom-light: #c77162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.28,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48679,
    "c": 0.15171,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43227

secondary

#65BAC2

accent

#D6E543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43227

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

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