#A12227#A12227

#A12227 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.163 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12227
RGB	rgb(161, 34, 39)
HSL	hsl(358, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(358, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 75.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.73, 50.99, 30.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.73, 59.22, 30.56°)
OKLab	oklab(46.57% 0.148 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(46.57% 0.163 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6380, 8.8701, 2.8078)
Luminance	0.0887 (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

#A12227 #22A19C

analogous

#A12266 #A12227 #A15C22

triadic

#A12227 #27A122 #2227A1

tetradic

#A12227 #66A122 #22A19C #5C22A1

square

#A12227 #66A122 #22A19C #5C22A1

split-complementary

#A12227 #22A15C #2266A1

monochromatic

#3C0D0F #6E171B #A12227 #D32D34 #DD6065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#A12227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#A12227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12227

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12227	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 34, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.163 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56961',
    500: '#a12227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12227;
$custom-light: #c56961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.638,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46572,
    "c": 0.16266,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12227

secondary

#5DC2BE

accent

#E8E140

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12227

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

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