#A12216#A12216

#A12216 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.165 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12216
RGB	rgb(161, 34, 22)
HSL	hsl(5, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(5, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.56, 50.44, 39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.56, 64.05, 38.05°)
OKLab	oklab(46.39% 0.1428 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(46.39% 0.165 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.4167, 8.7816, 1.6422)
Luminance	0.0878 (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

#A12216 #1695A1

analogous

#A1164F #A12216 #A16716

triadic

#A12216 #16A122 #2216A1

tetradic

#A12216 #4FA116 #1695A1 #6716A1

square

#A12216 #4FA116 #1695A1 #6716A1

split-complementary

#A12216 #16A167 #164FA1

monochromatic

#350B07 #6B170F #A12216 #D72D1D #E6584B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#A12216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#A12216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12216

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12216	1.00	7.62	2.76	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4213

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 34, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.165 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66956',
    500: '#a12216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12216;
$custom-light: #c66956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.18,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46389,
    "c": 0.16475,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12216

secondary

#4BBDC8

accent

#E2F335

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12216

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

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