#A12818#A12818

#A12818 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.160 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12818
RGB	rgb(161, 40, 24)
HSL	hsl(7, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(7, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 85.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.30, 48.48, 39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.30, 62.30, 38.90°)
OKLab	oklab(46.94% 0.137 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(46.94% 0.16 31)
XYZ	xyz(15.6235, 9.1631, 1.8100)
Luminance	0.0916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12818 #1891A1

analogous

#A1184D #A12818 #A16D18

triadic

#A12818 #18A128 #2818A1

tetradic

#A12818 #4DA118 #1891A1 #6D18A1

square

#A12818 #4DA118 #1891A1 #6D18A1

split-complementary

#A12818 #18A16D #184DA1

monochromatic

#360E08 #6C1B10 #A12818 #D63520 #E5604F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#A12818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#A12818 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12818

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12818	1.00	7.41	2.83	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 40, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.160 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66b57',
    500: '#a12818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12818;
$custom-light: #c66b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.007,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46942,
    "c": 0.15982,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.09161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12818

secondary

#4EB9C7

accent

#DBF137

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12818

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

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