#A73227#A73227

#A73227 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.155 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73227
RGB	rgb(167, 50, 39)
HSL	hsl(5, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(5, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 76.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.98, 47.18, 34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.98, 58.16, 35.79°)
OKLab	oklab(49.2% 0.1352 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(49.2% 0.155 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4451, 10.6458, 3.0553)
Luminance	0.1064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73227 #279CA7

analogous

#A7275C #A73227 #A77227

triadic

#A73227 #27A732 #3227A7

tetradic

#A73227 #5CA727 #279CA7 #7227A7

square

#A73227 #5CA727 #279CA7 #7227A7

split-complementary

#A73227 #27A772 #275CA7

monochromatic

#441410 #75231B #A73227 #D1473A #DD756C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#A73227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#A73227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73227

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73227	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)

#544C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80830

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 50, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.155 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97162',
    500: '#a73227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73227;
$custom-light: #c97162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.156,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49203,
    "c": 0.15492,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73227

secondary

#67BBC3

accent

#D7E543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73227

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

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