#A12037#A12037

#A12037 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.163 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12037
RGB	rgb(161, 32, 55)
HSL	hsl(349, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(349, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.1%, 65.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.77, 52.39, 20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.77, 56.14, 21.04°)
OKLab	oklab(46.68% 0.1561 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(46.68% 0.163 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.9058, 8.8884, 4.4918)
Luminance	0.0889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12037 #20A18A

analogous

#A12078 #A12037 #A14920

triadic

#A12037 #37A120 #2037A1

tetradic

#A12037 #78A120 #20A18A #4920A1

square

#A12037 #78A120 #20A18A #4920A1

split-complementary

#A12037 #20A149 #2078A1

monochromatic

#3B0C14 #6E1626 #A12037 #D42A48 #DF5D74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#A12037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#A12037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12037

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12037	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 32, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.163 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4696d',
    500: '#a12037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12037;
$custom-light: #c4696d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.302,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46679,
    "c": 0.16334,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12037

secondary

#5AC3B0

accent

#EACB3E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12037

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

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