#A12040#A12040

#A12040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.164 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12040
RGB	rgb(161, 32, 64)
HSL	hsl(345, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(345, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.1%, 60.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.95, 52.96, 14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.95, 54.94, 15.42°)
OKLab	oklab(46.87% 0.1597 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(46.87% 0.164 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.1415, 8.9827, 5.7334)
Luminance	0.0898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12040 #20A181

analogous

#A12080 #A12040 #A14020

triadic

#A12040 #40A120 #2040A1

tetradic

#A12040 #80A120 #20A181 #4020A1

square

#A12040 #80A120 #20A181 #4020A1

split-complementary

#A12040 #20A140 #2080A1

monochromatic

#3B0C17 #6E162C #A12040 #D42A54 #DF5D7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#A12040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#A12040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12040

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12040	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 32, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.164 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46974',
    500: '#a12040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12040;
$custom-light: #c46974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.116,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46873,
    "c": 0.16373,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12040

secondary

#5AC3A9

accent

#EABF3E

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12040

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

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