#A12427#A12427

#A12427 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.161 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12427
RGB	rgb(161, 36, 39)
HSL	hsl(359, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(359, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 75.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.96, 50.35, 30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.96, 58.80, 31.09°)
OKLab	oklab(46.74% 0.146 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(46.74% 0.161 25)
XYZ	xyz(15.6969, 8.9878, 2.8274)
Luminance	0.0898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12427 #24A19E

analogous

#A12465 #A12427 #A15F24

triadic

#A12427 #27A124 #2427A1

tetradic

#A12427 #65A124 #24A19E #5F24A1

square

#A12427 #65A124 #24A19E #5F24A1

split-complementary

#A12427 #24A15F #2465A1

monochromatic

#3D0E0F #6F191B #A12427 #D13135 #DC6366

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#A12427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#A12427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12427

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12427	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)

#4A4326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 36, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.161 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56a61',
    500: '#a12427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12427;
$custom-light: #c56a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.56,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46741,
    "c": 0.16106,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.08985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12427

secondary

#5FC2BF

accent

#E6E341

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12427

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

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