#A12817#A12817

#A12817 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.160 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12817
RGB	rgb(161, 40, 23)
HSL	hsl(7, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(7, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.29, 48.45, 39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.29, 62.59, 39.27°)
OKLab	oklab(46.93% 0.1368 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(46.93% 0.16 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6133, 9.1590, 1.7562)
Luminance	0.0916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12817 #1790A1

analogous

#A1174B #A12817 #A16D17

triadic

#A12817 #17A128 #2817A1

tetradic

#A12817 #4BA117 #1790A1 #6D17A1

square

#A12817 #4BA117 #1790A1 #6D17A1

split-complementary

#A12817 #17A16D #174BA1

monochromatic

#360D08 #6B1B0F #A12817 #D7351F #E6604D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#A12817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#A12817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12817

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12817	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)

#4D4413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 40, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.160 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66b56',
    500: '#a12817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12817;
$custom-light: #c66b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.391,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46934,
    "c": 0.15996,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12817

secondary

#4CB8C7

accent

#DBF236

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12817

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

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