#A1251E#A1251E

#A1251E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.161 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1251E
RGB	rgb(161, 37, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 81.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.98, 49.69, 35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.98, 61.14, 35.63°)
OKLab	oklab(46.72% 0.142 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(46.72% 0.161 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5957, 8.9964, 2.1434)
Luminance	0.0899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1251E #1E9AA1

analogous

#A11E59 #A1251E #A1661E

triadic

#A1251E #1EA125 #251EA1

tetradic

#A1251E #59A11E #1E9AA1 #661EA1

square

#A1251E #59A11E #1E9AA1 #661EA1

split-complementary

#A1251E #1EA166 #1E59A1

monochromatic

#3A0D0B #6D1914 #A1251E #D53128 #E06059

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#A1251E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#A1251E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A1251E

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1251E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A1251E	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B431C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1251e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 37, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.161 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66a5b',
    500: '#a1251e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1251e;
$custom-light: #c66a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1251e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.206,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46721,
    "c": 0.16139,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1251E

secondary

#57BEC4

accent

#E2EB3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1251E

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

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