#A12321#A12321

#A12321 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.163 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12321
RGB	rgb(161, 35, 33)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(1, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 79.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.77, 50.45, 33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.77, 60.67, 33.75°)
OKLab	oklab(46.58% 0.145 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(46.58% 0.163 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5754, 8.8914, 2.3347)
Luminance	0.0889 (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

#A12321 #219FA1

analogous

#A1215F #A12321 #A16321

triadic

#A12321 #21A123 #2321A1

tetradic

#A12321 #5FA121 #219FA1 #6321A1

square

#A12321 #5FA121 #219FA1 #6321A1

split-complementary

#A12321 #21A163 #215FA1

monochromatic

#3B0D0C #6E1817 #A12321 #D42E2C #DE605E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#A12321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#A12321 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12321

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12321	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A431F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 35, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.163 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66a5d',
    500: '#a12321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12321;
$custom-light: #c66a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.938,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4658,
    "c": 0.16257,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12321

secondary

#5BC1C3

accent

#E6E93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12321

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

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