#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
RGBrgb(161, 33, 23)
HSLhsl(4, 75%, 36%)
HSVhsv(4, 86%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 79.5%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LABlab(35.46, 50.77, 38.88)
CIE-LCHlch(35.46, 63.95, 37.45°)
OKLaboklab(46.32% 0.144 0.0813)
OKLCHoklch(46.32% 0.165 29.5)
XYZxyz(15.3984, 8.7291, 1.6846)
Luminance0.0873 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##A121171.007.652.757.65
#FFFFFF7.651.0021.001.00
#0000002.7521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.651.0021.001.00

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

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#A12117 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva