#A12438#A12438

#A12438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.160 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12438
RGB	rgb(161, 36, 56)
HSL	hsl(350, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(350, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.23, 51.21, 20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.23, 55.02, 21.43°)
OKLab	oklab(47.03% 0.1525 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(47.03% 0.16 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0443, 9.1268, 4.6574)
Luminance	0.0912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12438 #24A18D

analogous

#A12476 #A12438 #A14E24

triadic

#A12438 #38A124 #2438A1

tetradic

#A12438 #76A124 #24A18D #4E24A1

square

#A12438 #76A124 #24A18D #4E24A1

split-complementary

#A12438 #24A14E #2476A1

monochromatic

#3D0E15 #6F1927 #A12438 #D1314B #DC6377

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#A12438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#A12438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12438

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12438	1.00	7.43	2.82	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 36, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.160 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46a6e',
    500: '#a12438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12438;
$custom-light: #c46a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.4,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47025,
    "c": 0.15993,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12438

secondary

#5FC2B2

accent

#E6CC41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12438

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

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