#A12017#A12017

#A12017 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.166 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12017
RGB	rgb(161, 32, 23)
HSL	hsl(4, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(4, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.1%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.35, 51.08, 38.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.35, 64.13, 37.21°)
OKLab	oklab(46.24% 0.1449 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(46.24% 0.166 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3710, 8.6745, 1.6755)
Luminance	0.0867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A12017 #1798A1

analogous

#A11753 #A12017 #A16517

triadic

#A12017 #17A120 #2017A1

tetradic

#A12017 #53A117 #1798A1 #6517A1

square

#A12017 #53A117 #1798A1 #6517A1

split-complementary

#A12017 #17A165 #1753A1

monochromatic

#360B08 #6B150F #A12017 #D72B1F #E6574D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#A12017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#A12017 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12017

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12017	1.00	7.68	2.73	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695D0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 32, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.166 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66856',
    500: '#a12017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12017;
$custom-light: #c66856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.913,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46235,
    "c": 0.16607,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12017

secondary

#4CBFC7

accent

#E5F236

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12017

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

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