#A12517#A12517

#A12517 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.162 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12517
RGB	rgb(161, 37, 23)
HSL	hsl(6, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(6, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.92, 49.49, 39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.92, 63.19, 38.45°)
OKLab	oklab(46.66% 0.14 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(46.66% 0.162 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5161, 8.9646, 1.7238)
Luminance	0.0896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12517 #1793A1

analogous

#A1174E #A12517 #A16A17

triadic

#A12517 #17A125 #2517A1

tetradic

#A12517 #4EA117 #1793A1 #6A17A1

square

#A12517 #4EA117 #1793A1 #6A17A1

split-complementary

#A12517 #17A16A #174EA1

monochromatic

#360C08 #6B190F #A12517 #D7311F #E65C4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#A12517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#A12517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12517

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12517	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 37, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.162 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66a56',
    500: '#a12517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12517;
$custom-light: #c66a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.087,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46656,
    "c": 0.16235,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12517

secondary

#4CBBC7

accent

#DFF236

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12517

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

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