#A12317#A12317

#A12317 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.164 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12317
RGB	rgb(161, 35, 23)
HSL	hsl(5, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(5, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.68, 50.15, 39.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.68, 63.58, 37.93°)
OKLab	oklab(46.48% 0.142 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(46.48% 0.164 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.4555, 8.8435, 1.7036)
Luminance	0.0884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12317 #1795A1

analogous

#A11750 #A12317 #A16817

triadic

#A12317 #17A123 #2317A1

tetradic

#A12317 #50A117 #1795A1 #6817A1

square

#A12317 #50A117 #1795A1 #6817A1

split-complementary

#A12317 #17A168 #1750A1

monochromatic

#360C08 #6B170F #A12317 #D72F1F #E65A4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#A12317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#A12317 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12317

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12317	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 35, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.164 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66956',
    500: '#a12317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12317;
$custom-light: #c66956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.217,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46481,
    "c": 0.16387,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12317

secondary

#4CBDC7

accent

#E1F236

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12317

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

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