#A74427#A74427

#A74427 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.138 H 36.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A74427
RGB	rgb(167, 68, 39)
HSL	hsl(14, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(14, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 76.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, 39.10, 37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 54.00, 43.60°)
OKLab	oklab(51.48% 0.1101 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(51.48% 0.138 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3716, 12.4987, 3.3641)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A74427 #278AA7

analogous

#A7274A #A74427 #A78427

triadic

#A74427 #27A744 #4427A7

tetradic

#A74427 #4AA727 #278AA7 #8427A7

square

#A74427 #4AA727 #278AA7 #8427A7

split-complementary

#A74427 #27A784 #274AA7

monochromatic

#441C10 #75301B #A74427 #D15C3A #DD856C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#A74427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#A74427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A74427

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A74427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A74427	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82D3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a74427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 68, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.138 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87b63',
    500: '#a74427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a74427;
$custom-light: #c87b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a74427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.594,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51477,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A74427

secondary

#67AEC3

accent

#C0E543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEEA

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A74427

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

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