#A1272E#A1272E

#A1272E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.158 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1272E
RGB	rgb(161, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 71.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, 49.66, 26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 56.35, 28.19°)
OKLab	oklab(47.11% 0.1454 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(47.11% 0.158 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9184, 9.2278, 3.5272)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1272E #27A19A

analogous

#A1276B #A1272E #A15D27

triadic

#A1272E #2EA127 #272EA1

tetradic

#A1272E #6BA127 #27A19A #5D27A1

square

#A1272E #6BA127 #27A19A #5D27A1

split-complementary

#A1272E #27A15D #276BA1

monochromatic

#3E0F12 #701B20 #A1272E #CE373F #DA686F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#A1272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#A1272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A1272E

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A1272E	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B452D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.158 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56b66',
    500: '#a1272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1272e;
$custom-light: #c56b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.557,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47113,
    "c": 0.15776,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1272E

secondary

#63C0BB

accent

#E4DB44

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1272E

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

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