#A94427#A94427

#A94427 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.140 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A94427
RGB	rgb(169, 68, 39)
HSL	hsl(13, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(13, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.34, 39.86, 37.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.34, 54.87, 43.40°)
OKLab	oklab(51.8% 0.1123 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(51.8% 0.14 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7975, 12.7183, 3.3841)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A94427 #278CA9

analogous

#A9274B #A94427 #A98527

triadic

#A94427 #27A944 #4427A9

tetradic

#A94427 #4BA927 #278CA9 #8527A9

square

#A94427 #4BA927 #278CA9 #8527A9

split-complementary

#A94427 #27A985 #274BA9

monochromatic

#461C10 #77301C #A94427 #D25D3B #DD866D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#A94427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#A94427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A94427

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A94427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A94427	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA2C3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a94427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 68, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.140 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7b63',
    500: '#a94427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a94427;
$custom-light: #ca7b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a94427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.385,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51798,
    "c": 0.13987,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A94427

secondary

#68AFC4

accent

#C1E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEEA

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A94427

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

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