#A83227#A83227

#A83227 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.156 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A83227
RGBrgb(168, 50, 39)
HSLhsl(5, 62%, 41%)
HSVhsv(5, 77%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 70.2%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(39.17, 47.52, 34.27)
CIE-LCHlch(39.17, 58.59, 35.80°)
OKLaboklab(49.38% 0.1362 0.0761)
OKLCHoklch(49.38% 0.156 29.2)
XYZxyz(17.6573, 10.7552, 3.0653)
Luminance0.1075 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A83227 #279DA8
analogous
#A8275D #A83227 #A87227
triadic
#A83227 #27A832 #3227A8
tetradic
#A83227 #5DA827 #279DA8 #7227A8
square
#A83227 #5DA827 #279DA8 #7227A8
split-complementary
#A83227 #27A872 #275DA8
monochromatic
#451410 #76231B #A83227 #D1483B #DD766C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67
#A83227 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15
#A83227 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83227
6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A83227#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A832271.006.673.156.67
#FFFFFF6.671.0021.001.00
#0000003.1521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.671.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#544C25
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#716622
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B90730
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a83227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 50, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.156 29.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7162',
    500: '#a83227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a83227;
$custom-light: #ca7162;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a83227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.116,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49378,
    "c": 0.15598,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A83227
secondary
#67BCC3
accent
#D7E542
background
#FDF7F5
surface
#FAEDEA
border
#D3C8C6
text
#150805
muted
#837B79

Preview Lab

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#A83227 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva