#A12823#A12823

#A12823 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.158 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12823
RGB	rgb(161, 40, 35)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 78.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.40, 48.83, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.40, 59.05, 34.22°)
OKLab	oklab(47.05% 0.1403 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(47.05% 0.158 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7620, 9.2185, 2.5392)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12823 #239CA1

analogous

#A1235D #A12823 #A16723

triadic

#A12823 #23A128 #2823A1

tetradic

#A12823 #5DA123 #239CA1 #6723A1

square

#A12823 #5DA123 #239CA1 #6723A1

split-complementary

#A12823 #23A167 #235DA1

monochromatic

#3C0F0D #6F1C18 #A12823 #D2362F #DD6762

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#A12823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#A12823 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12823

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12823	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)

#4C4521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 40, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.158 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56c5e',
    500: '#a12823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12823;
$custom-light: #c56c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.381,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47054,
    "c": 0.15822,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12823

secondary

#5EBEC2

accent

#E1E741

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12823

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

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