#A12837#A12837

#A12837 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.156 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12837
RGB	rgb(161, 40, 55)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 65.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.69, 49.80, 21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.69, 54.18, 23.19°)
OKLab	oklab(47.36% 0.1478 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(47.36% 0.156 19)
XYZ	xyz(16.1480, 9.3729, 4.5726)
Luminance	0.0937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12837 #28A192

analogous

#A12874 #A12837 #A15628

triadic

#A12837 #37A128 #2837A1

tetradic

#A12837 #74A128 #28A192 #5628A1

square

#A12837 #74A128 #28A192 #5628A1

split-complementary

#A12837 #28A156 #2874A1

monochromatic

#3F1016 #701C26 #A12837 #CE394B #DA6A77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#A12837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A12837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12837

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12837	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)

#4A4637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 40, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.156 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46c6d',
    500: '#a12837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12837;
$custom-light: #c46c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.562,
    "s": 60.199,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47364,
    "c": 0.15627,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.0937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12837

secondary

#65C0B5

accent

#E3D044

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12837

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

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