#A83027#A83027

#A83027 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.158 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A83027
RGBrgb(168, 48, 39)
HSLhsl(4, 62%, 41%)
HSVhsv(4, 77%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 71.4%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(38.88, 48.31, 33.96)
CIE-LCHlch(38.88, 59.05, 35.11°)
OKLaboklab(49.16% 0.1387 0.0754)
OKLCHoklch(49.16% 0.158 28.5)
XYZxyz(17.5736, 10.5879, 3.0374)
Luminance0.1058 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A83027 #279FA8
analogous
#A8275E #A83027 #A87027
triadic
#A83027 #27A830 #3027A8
tetradic
#A83027 #5EA827 #279FA8 #7027A8
square
#A83027 #5EA827 #279FA8 #7027A8
split-complementary
#A83027 #27A870 #275EA8
monochromatic
#451410 #76221B #A83027 #D1453B #DD746C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74
#A83027 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12
#A83027 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83027
6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A83027#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A830271.006.743.126.74
#FFFFFF6.741.0021.001.00
#0000003.1221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.741.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#534B25
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#716522
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B9002F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a83027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 48, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.158 28.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7062',
    500: '#a83027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a83027;
$custom-light: #ca7062;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a83027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.186,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49163,
    "c": 0.15782,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A83027
secondary
#67BDC3
accent
#DAE542
background
#FDF7F5
surface
#FBEDEA
border
#D4C8C6
text
#150805
muted
#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83027

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#A83027 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva