#A12917#A12917

#A12917 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.159 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12917
RGB	rgb(161, 41, 23)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(8, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, 48.09, 39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 62.38, 39.56°)
OKLab	oklab(47.03% 0.1356 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(47.03% 0.159 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6474, 9.2273, 1.7676)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12917 #178FA1

analogous

#A1174A #A12917 #A16E17

triadic

#A12917 #17A129 #2917A1

tetradic

#A12917 #4AA117 #178FA1 #6E17A1

square

#A12917 #4AA117 #178FA1 #6E17A1

split-complementary

#A12917 #17A16E #174AA1

monochromatic

#360E08 #6B1B0F #A12917 #D7371F #E6614D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#A12917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#A12917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12917

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12917	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 41, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.159 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c57',
    500: '#a12917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12917;
$custom-light: #c66c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.826,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47031,
    "c": 0.15914,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12917

secondary

#4CB7C7

accent

#D9F236

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12917

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

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