#A12117#A12117

#A12117 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.165 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12117
RGB	rgb(161, 33, 23)
HSL	hsl(4, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(4, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.46, 50.77, 38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.46, 63.95, 37.45°)
OKLab	oklab(46.32% 0.144 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(46.32% 0.165 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.3984, 8.7291, 1.6846)
Luminance	0.0873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12117 #1797A1

analogous

#A11752 #A12117 #A16617

triadic

#A12117 #17A121 #2117A1

tetradic

#A12117 #52A117 #1797A1 #6617A1

square

#A12117 #52A117 #1797A1 #6617A1

split-complementary

#A12117 #17A166 #1752A1

monochromatic

#360B08 #6B160F #A12117 #D72C1F #E6584D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#A12117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#A12117 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12117

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12117	1.00	7.65	2.75	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	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: #a12117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 33, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.165 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66956',
    500: '#a12117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12117;
$custom-light: #c66956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.348,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46315,
    "c": 0.16535,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12117

secondary

#4CBEC7

accent

#E4F236

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12117

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

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