#A1272B#A1272B

#A1272B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.158 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1272B
RGB	rgb(161, 39, 43)
HSL	hsl(358, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 73.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.38, 49.52, 28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.38, 57.09, 29.85°)
OKLab	oklab(47.07% 0.1442 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(47.07% 0.158 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.8613, 9.2050, 3.2266)
Luminance	0.0920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1272B #27A19D

analogous

#A12768 #A1272B #A16027

triadic

#A1272B #2BA127 #272BA1

tetradic

#A1272B #68A127 #27A19D #6027A1

square

#A1272B #68A127 #27A19D #6027A1

split-complementary

#A1272B #27A160 #2768A1

monochromatic

#3E0F11 #701B1E #A1272B #CE373C #DA686C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#A1272B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#A1272B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A1272B

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1272B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A1272B	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B452A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1272b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 39, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.158 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56b64',
    500: '#a1272b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1272b;
$custom-light: #c56b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1272b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.033,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47067,
    "c": 0.15807,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1272B

secondary

#63C0BD

accent

#E4DF44

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1272B

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

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