#A12138#A12138

#A12138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.163 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12138
RGB	rgb(161, 33, 56)
HSL	hsl(349, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(349, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.89, 52.15, 19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.89, 55.74, 20.66°)
OKLab	oklab(46.78% 0.1555 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(46.78% 0.163 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9573, 8.9527, 4.6284)
Luminance	0.0895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12138 #21A18A

analogous

#A12178 #A12138 #A14A21

triadic

#A12138 #38A121 #2138A1

tetradic

#A12138 #78A121 #21A18A #4A21A1

square

#A12138 #78A121 #21A18A #4A21A1

split-complementary

#A12138 #21A14A #2178A1

monochromatic

#3B0C15 #6E1726 #A12138 #D42C4A #DE5E75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#A12138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#A12138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12138

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12138	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 33, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.163 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4696e',
    500: '#a12138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12138;
$custom-light: #c4696e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.219,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46777,
    "c": 0.16252,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12138

secondary

#5BC3B0

accent

#E9CA3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12138

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

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