#A12420#A12420

#A12420 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.162 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12420
RGB	rgb(161, 36, 32)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 80.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.88, 50.09, 34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.88, 60.76, 34.47°)
OKLab	oklab(46.66% 0.1436 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(46.66% 0.162 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.5914, 8.9456, 2.2719)
Luminance	0.0894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12420 #209DA1

analogous

#A1205D #A12420 #A16420

triadic

#A12420 #20A124 #2420A1

tetradic

#A12420 #5DA120 #209DA1 #6420A1

square

#A12420 #5DA120 #209DA1 #6420A1

split-complementary

#A12420 #20A164 #205DA1

monochromatic

#3B0D0C #6E1916 #A12420 #D42F2A #DF615D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#A12420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#A12420 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12420

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12420	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B431E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 36, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.162 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66a5c',
    500: '#a12420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12420;
$custom-light: #c66a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.86,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46655,
    "c": 0.16192,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12420

secondary

#5AC0C3

accent

#E4EA3E

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12420

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

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