#A12840#A12840

#A12840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.156 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12840
RGB	rgb(161, 40, 64)
HSL	hsl(348, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(348, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 60.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.87, 50.38, 15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.87, 52.82, 17.45°)
OKLab	oklab(47.55% 0.1514 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(47.55% 0.156 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3838, 9.4672, 5.8141)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12840 #28A189

analogous

#A1287D #A12840 #A14D28

triadic

#A12840 #40A128 #2840A1

tetradic

#A12840 #7DA128 #28A189 #4D28A1

square

#A12840 #7DA128 #28A189 #4D28A1

split-complementary

#A12840 #28A14D #287DA1

monochromatic

#3F1019 #701C2D #A12840 #CE3956 #DA6A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#A12840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A12840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12840

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12840	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68603D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B00032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 40, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.156 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36c74',
    500: '#a12840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12840;
$custom-light: #c36c74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.099,
    "s": 60.199,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47552,
    "c": 0.15635,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12840

secondary

#65C0AE

accent

#E3C444

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12840

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

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