#A12836#A12836

#A12836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.156 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12836
RGB	rgb(161, 40, 54)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 66.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.67, 49.74, 21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.67, 54.37, 23.80°)
OKLab	oklab(47.35% 0.1474 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(47.35% 0.156 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1243, 9.3634, 4.4476)
Luminance	0.0936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12836 #28A193

analogous

#A12873 #A12836 #A15728

triadic

#A12836 #36A128 #2836A1

tetradic

#A12836 #73A128 #28A193 #5728A1

square

#A12836 #73A128 #28A193 #5728A1

split-complementary

#A12836 #28A157 #2873A1

monochromatic

#3F1015 #701C26 #A12836 #CE394A #DA6A77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#A12836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A12836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12836

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12836	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 40, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.156 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46c6c',
    500: '#a12836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12836;
$custom-light: #c46c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.058,
    "s": 60.199,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47345,
    "c": 0.15631,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12836

secondary

#65C0B6

accent

#E3D144

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12836

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

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