#A12720#A12720

#A12720 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.159 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12720
RGB	rgb(161, 39, 32)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 80.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.24, 49.08, 34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.24, 60.14, 35.31°)
OKLab	oklab(46.93% 0.1404 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(46.93% 0.159 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6860, 9.1349, 2.3035)
Luminance	0.0913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12720 #209AA1

analogous

#A12059 #A12720 #A16720

triadic

#A12720 #20A127 #2720A1

tetradic

#A12720 #59A120 #209AA1 #6720A1

square

#A12720 #59A120 #209AA1 #6720A1

split-complementary

#A12720 #20A167 #2059A1

monochromatic

#3B0E0C #6E1B16 #A12720 #D4332A #DF645D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#A12720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#A12720 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12720

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12720	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C441E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 39, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.159 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66b5c',
    500: '#a12720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12720;
$custom-light: #c66b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.256,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46925,
    "c": 0.15949,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12720

secondary

#5ABDC3

accent

#E0EA3E

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12720

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

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