#A12437#A12437

#A12437 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.160 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12437
RGB	rgb(161, 36, 55)
HSL	hsl(351, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(351, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 65.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.21, 51.15, 20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.21, 55.19, 22.04°)
OKLab	oklab(47.01% 0.1521 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(47.01% 0.16 18)
XYZ	xyz(16.0201, 9.1171, 4.5299)
Luminance	0.0911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12437 #24A18E

analogous

#A12475 #A12437 #A14F24

triadic

#A12437 #37A124 #2437A1

tetradic

#A12437 #75A124 #24A18E #4F24A1

square

#A12437 #75A124 #24A18E #4F24A1

split-complementary

#A12437 #24A14F #2475A1

monochromatic

#3D0E15 #6F1926 #A12437 #D13149 #DC6376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#A12437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#A12437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12437

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12437	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 36, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.160 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46a6d',
    500: '#a12437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12437;
$custom-light: #c46a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.88,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47005,
    "c": 0.15993,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.09115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12437

secondary

#5FC2B3

accent

#E6CD41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12437

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

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