#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
RGBrgb(161, 39, 32)
HSLhsl(3, 67%, 38%)
HSVhsv(3, 80%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 75.8%, 80.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LABlab(36.24, 49.08, 34.76)
CIE-LCHlch(36.24, 60.14, 35.31°)
OKLaboklab(46.93% 0.1404 0.0756)
OKLCHoklch(46.93% 0.159 28.3)
XYZxyz(15.6860, 9.1349, 2.3035)
Luminance0.0913 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##A127201.007.432.837.43
#FFFFFF7.431.0021.001.00
#0000002.8321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.431.0021.001.00

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

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#A12720 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva