#A1272D#A1272D

#A1272D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.158 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1272D
RGB	rgb(161, 39, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 72%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.40, 49.61, 27.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.40, 56.59, 28.75°)
OKLab	oklab(47.1% 0.145 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(47.1% 0.158 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.8989, 9.2200, 3.4246)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1272D #27A19B

analogous

#A1276A #A1272D #A15E27

triadic

#A1272D #2DA127 #272DA1

tetradic

#A1272D #6AA127 #27A19B #5E27A1

square

#A1272D #6AA127 #27A19B #5E27A1

split-complementary

#A1272D #27A15E #276AA1

monochromatic

#3E0F11 #701B1F #A1272D #CE373E #DA686E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#A1272D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#A1272D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A1272D

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1272D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A1272D	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)

#4B452C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1272d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 39, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.158 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56b66',
    500: '#a1272d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1272d;
$custom-light: #c56b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1272d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.049,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47098,
    "c": 0.15787,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1272D

secondary

#63C0BC

accent

#E4DC44

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1272D

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

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