#A12816#A12816

#A12816 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.160 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12816
RGB	rgb(161, 40, 22)
HSL	hsl(8, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(8, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.28, 48.43, 40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.28, 62.88, 39.63°)
OKLab	oklab(46.93% 0.1365 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(46.93% 0.16 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6035, 9.1551, 1.7044)
Luminance	0.0915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12816 #168FA1

analogous

#A11649 #A12816 #A16D16

triadic

#A12816 #16A128 #2816A1

tetradic

#A12816 #49A116 #168FA1 #6D16A1

square

#A12816 #49A116 #168FA1 #6D16A1

split-complementary

#A12816 #16A16D #1649A1

monochromatic

#350D07 #6B1B0F #A12816 #D7351D #E65F4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#A12816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#A12816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12816

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12816	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 40, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.160 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66b56',
    500: '#a12816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12816;
$custom-light: #c66b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.77,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46926,
    "c": 0.1601,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12816

secondary

#4BB8C8

accent

#DAF335

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12816

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

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