#A12440#A12440

#A12440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.160 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12440
RGB	rgb(161, 36, 64)
HSL	hsl(347, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(347, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 60.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.39, 51.73, 15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.39, 53.92, 16.37°)
OKLab	oklab(47.2% 0.1557 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(47.2% 0.16 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.2559, 9.2114, 5.7715)
Luminance	0.0921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12440 #24A185

analogous

#A1247E #A12440 #A14624

triadic

#A12440 #40A124 #2440A1

tetradic

#A12440 #7EA124 #24A185 #4624A1

square

#A12440 #7EA124 #24A185 #4624A1

split-complementary

#A12440 #24A146 #247EA1

monochromatic

#3D0E18 #6F192C #A12440 #D13155 #DC637E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#A12440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#A12440 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12440

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12440	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B10030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 36, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.160 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46b74',
    500: '#a12440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12440;
$custom-light: #c46b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.56,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47196,
    "c": 0.16018,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12440

secondary

#5FC2AC

accent

#E6C141

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12440

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

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