#A12838#A12838

#A12838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.156 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12838
RGB	rgb(161, 40, 56)
HSL	hsl(352, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(352, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.71, 49.86, 20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.71, 54.00, 22.57°)
OKLab	oklab(47.38% 0.1482 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(47.38% 0.156 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1723, 9.3826, 4.7001)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12838 #28A191

analogous

#A12875 #A12838 #A15528

triadic

#A12838 #38A128 #2838A1

tetradic

#A12838 #75A128 #28A191 #5528A1

square

#A12838 #75A128 #28A191 #5528A1

split-complementary

#A12838 #28A155 #2875A1

monochromatic

#3F1016 #701C27 #A12838 #CE394C #DA6A78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#A12838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A12838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12838

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12838	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 40, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.156 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46c6e',
    500: '#a12838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12838;
$custom-light: #c46c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.066,
    "s": 60.199,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47383,
    "c": 0.15624,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12838

secondary

#65C0B4

accent

#E3CE44

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEB

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12838

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

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