#A83427#A83427

#A83427 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.154 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83427
RGB	rgb(168, 52, 39)
HSL	hsl(6, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.46, 46.71, 34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.46, 58.12, 36.52°)
OKLab	oklab(49.6% 0.1336 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(49.6% 0.154 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7446, 10.9299, 3.0944)
Luminance	0.1093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83427 #279BA8

analogous

#A8275A #A83427 #A87527

triadic

#A83427 #27A834 #3427A8

tetradic

#A83427 #5AA827 #279BA8 #7527A8

square

#A83427 #5AA827 #279BA8 #7527A8

split-complementary

#A83427 #27A875 #275AA8

monochromatic

#451510 #76251B #A83427 #D14A3B #DD786C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#A83427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#A83427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83427

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83427	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90E32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 52, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.154 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7262',
    500: '#a83427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83427;
$custom-light: #ca7262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.047,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49601,
    "c": 0.15411,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83427

secondary

#67BAC3

accent

#D5E542

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83427

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

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