#A12236#A12236

#A12236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.162 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12236
RGB	rgb(161, 34, 54)
HSL	hsl(351, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(351, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 66.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.96, 51.73, 21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.96, 55.85, 22.13°)
OKLab	oklab(46.82% 0.1537 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(46.82% 0.162 18)
XYZ	xyz(15.9376, 8.9899, 4.3853)
Luminance	0.0899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12236 #22A18D

analogous

#A12275 #A12236 #A14D22

triadic

#A12236 #36A122 #2236A1

tetradic

#A12236 #75A122 #22A18D #4D22A1

square

#A12236 #75A122 #22A18D #4D22A1

split-complementary

#A12236 #22A14D #2275A1

monochromatic

#3C0D14 #6E1725 #A12236 #D32D47 #DD6074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#A12236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#A12236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12236

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12236	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 34, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.162 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46a6c',
    500: '#a12236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12236;
$custom-light: #c46a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.551,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46818,
    "c": 0.16168,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.08987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12236

secondary

#5DC2B2

accent

#E8CE40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12236

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

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