#A43827#A43827

#A43827 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.146 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43827
RGB	rgb(164, 56, 39)
HSL	hsl(8, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.36, 43.60, 34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.36, 55.45, 38.17°)
OKLab	oklab(49.39% 0.1244 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(49.39% 0.146 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0921, 10.8698, 3.1171)
Luminance	0.1087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43827 #2793A4

analogous

#A42755 #A43827 #A47727

triadic

#A43827 #27A438 #3827A4

tetradic

#A43827 #55A427 #2793A4 #7727A4

square

#A43827 #55A427 #2793A4 #7727A4

split-complementary

#A43827 #27A477 #2755A4

monochromatic

#41160F #73271B #A43827 #D04D38 #DC796A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#A43827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#A43827 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43827

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43827	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51B35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 56, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.146 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77462',
    500: '#a43827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43827;
$custom-light: #c77462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.16,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49388,
    "c": 0.14594,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43827

secondary

#65B5C2

accent

#CFE543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43827

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

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