#A12442#A12442

#A12442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.160 H 12.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12442
RGB	rgb(161, 36, 66)
HSL	hsl(346, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(346, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 59%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.43, 51.87, 13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.43, 53.72, 15.07°)
OKLab	oklab(47.24% 0.1565 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(47.24% 0.16 12.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3138, 9.2345, 6.0766)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12442 #24A183

analogous

#A12480 #A12442 #A14424

triadic

#A12442 #42A124 #2442A1

tetradic

#A12442 #80A124 #24A183 #4424A1

square

#A12442 #80A124 #24A183 #4424A1

split-complementary

#A12442 #24A144 #2480A1

monochromatic

#3D0E19 #6F192D #A12442 #D13158 #DC6380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#A12442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#A12442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12442

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12442	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B00031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 36, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.160 12.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36b76',
    500: '#a12442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12442;
$custom-light: #c36b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.6,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47243,
    "c": 0.16034,
    "h": 12.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12442

secondary

#5FC2AA

accent

#E6BF41

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12442

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

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