#A12820#A12820

#A12820 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.159 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12820
RGB	rgb(161, 40, 32)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 80.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.37, 48.72, 34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.37, 59.93, 35.60°)
OKLab	oklab(47.02% 0.1393 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(47.02% 0.159 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.7193, 9.2014, 2.3146)
Luminance	0.0920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12820 #2099A1

analogous

#A12058 #A12820 #A16820

triadic

#A12820 #20A128 #2820A1

tetradic

#A12820 #58A120 #2099A1 #6820A1

square

#A12820 #58A120 #2099A1 #6820A1

split-complementary

#A12820 #20A168 #2058A1

monochromatic

#3B0F0C #6E1B16 #A12820 #D4352A #DF655D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#A12820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#A12820 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12820

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12820	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)

#4D451E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 40, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.159 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c5c',
    500: '#a12820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12820;
$custom-light: #c66c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.721,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4702,
    "c": 0.15865,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12820

secondary

#5ABDC3

accent

#DFEA3E

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12820

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

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