#A12217#A12217

#A12217 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.165 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12217
RGB	rgb(161, 34, 23)
HSL	hsl(5, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(5, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.57, 50.46, 38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.57, 63.77, 37.69°)
OKLab	oklab(46.4% 0.143 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(46.4% 0.165 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.4265, 8.7855, 1.6940)
Luminance	0.0878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12217 #1796A1

analogous

#A11751 #A12217 #A16717

triadic

#A12217 #17A122 #2217A1

tetradic

#A12217 #51A117 #1796A1 #6717A1

square

#A12217 #51A117 #1796A1 #6717A1

split-complementary

#A12217 #17A167 #1751A1

monochromatic

#360B08 #6B170F #A12217 #D72D1F #E6594D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#A12217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#A12217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12217

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12217	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)

#4A4214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 34, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.165 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66956',
    500: '#a12217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12217;
$custom-light: #c66956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.783,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46397,
    "c": 0.16462,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12217

secondary

#4CBEC7

accent

#E3F236

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12217

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

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