#A84427#A84427

#A84427 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.139 H 36.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84427
RGB	rgb(168, 68, 39)
HSL	hsl(13, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(13, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.17, 39.48, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.17, 54.43, 43.50°)
OKLab	oklab(51.64% 0.1112 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(51.64% 0.139 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5837, 12.6081, 3.3741)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84427 #278BA8

analogous

#A8274B #A84427 #A88427

triadic

#A84427 #27A844 #4427A8

tetradic

#A84427 #4BA827 #278BA8 #8427A8

square

#A84427 #4BA827 #278BA8 #8427A8

split-complementary

#A84427 #27A884 #274BA8

monochromatic

#451C10 #76301B #A84427 #D15D3B #DD866C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#A84427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#A84427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84427

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84427	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92D3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 68, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.139 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97b63',
    500: '#a84427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84427;
$custom-light: #c97b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.488,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51637,
    "c": 0.13876,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84427

secondary

#67AFC3

accent

#C1E542

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEEA

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84427

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

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