#A12717#A12717

#A12717 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.161 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12717
RGB	rgb(161, 39, 23)
HSL	hsl(7, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(7, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.16, 48.81, 39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.16, 62.79, 38.99°)
OKLab	oklab(46.84% 0.1379 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(46.84% 0.161 31)
XYZ	xyz(15.5800, 9.0924, 1.7451)
Luminance	0.0909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12717 #1791A1

analogous

#A1174C #A12717 #A16C17

triadic

#A12717 #17A127 #2717A1

tetradic

#A12717 #4CA117 #1791A1 #6C17A1

square

#A12717 #4CA117 #1791A1 #6C17A1

split-complementary

#A12717 #17A16C #174CA1

monochromatic

#360D08 #6B1A0F #A12717 #D7341F #E65F4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#A12717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#A12717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12717

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12717	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 39, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.161 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66b56',
    500: '#a12717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12717;
$custom-light: #c66b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.957,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46839,
    "c": 0.16077,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.0909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12717

secondary

#4CB9C7

accent

#DCF236

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12717

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

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