#A12240#A12240

#A12240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.162 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12240
RGB	rgb(161, 34, 64)
HSL	hsl(346, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(346, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 60.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.16, 52.36, 14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.16, 54.44, 15.88°)
OKLab	oklab(47.03% 0.1578 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(47.03% 0.162 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.1970, 9.0937, 5.7519)
Luminance	0.0909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12240 #22A183

analogous

#A1227F #A12240 #A14422

triadic

#A12240 #40A122 #2240A1

tetradic

#A12240 #7FA122 #22A183 #4422A1

square

#A12240 #7FA122 #22A183 #4422A1

split-complementary

#A12240 #22A144 #227FA1

monochromatic

#3C0D18 #6E172C #A12240 #D32D54 #DD607E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#A12240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#A12240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12240

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12240	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 34, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.162 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46a74',
    500: '#a12240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12240;
$custom-light: #c46a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.827,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4703,
    "c": 0.16199,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12240

secondary

#5DC2AA

accent

#E8C040

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12240

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

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