#A83527#A83527

#A83527 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.153 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83527
RGB	rgb(168, 53, 39)
HSL	hsl(7, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(7, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.61, 46.29, 34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.61, 57.89, 36.90°)
OKLab	oklab(49.72% 0.1324 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(49.72% 0.153 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7898, 11.0202, 3.1094)
Luminance	0.1102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83527 #279AA8

analogous

#A82759 #A83527 #A87627

triadic

#A83527 #27A835 #3527A8

tetradic

#A83527 #59A827 #279AA8 #7627A8

square

#A83527 #59A827 #279AA8 #7627A8

split-complementary

#A83527 #27A876 #2759A8

monochromatic

#451610 #76251B #A83527 #D14B3B #DD796C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#A83527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A83527 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83527

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83527	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91133

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 53, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.153 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7362',
    500: '#a83527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83527;
$custom-light: #ca7362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.512,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49715,
    "c": 0.15317,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83527

secondary

#67B9C3

accent

#D4E542

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83527

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

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