#A12936#A12936

#A12936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.155 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12936
RGB	rgb(161, 41, 54)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 66.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, 49.39, 22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 54.11, 24.11°)
OKLab	oklab(47.44% 0.1462 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(47.44% 0.155 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.1585, 9.4317, 4.4590)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12936 #29A194

analogous

#A12972 #A12936 #A15829

triadic

#A12936 #36A129 #2936A1

tetradic

#A12936 #72A129 #29A194 #5829A1

square

#A12936 #72A129 #29A194 #5829A1

split-complementary

#A12936 #29A158 #2972A1

monochromatic

#3F1015 #701D26 #A12936 #CD3A4A #D96B77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A12936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A12936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12936

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12936	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 41, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.155 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46d6d',
    500: '#a12936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12936;
$custom-light: #c46d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.5,
    "s": 59.406,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4744,
    "c": 0.15536,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12936

secondary

#66C0B6

accent

#E3D245

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12936

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

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