#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
RGB	rgb(168, 50, 39)
HSL	hsl(5, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(5, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.17, 47.52, 34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.17, 58.59, 35.80°)
OKLab	oklab(49.38% 0.1362 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(49.38% 0.156 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6573, 10.7552, 3.0653)
Luminance	0.1075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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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
##A83227	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A83227

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

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