#A12938#A12938

#A12938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.155 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12938
RGB	rgb(161, 41, 56)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.84, 49.51, 20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.84, 53.73, 22.87°)
OKLab	oklab(47.48% 0.147 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(47.48% 0.155 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2064, 9.4509, 4.7115)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12938 #29A192

analogous

#A12974 #A12938 #A15629

triadic

#A12938 #38A129 #2938A1

tetradic

#A12938 #74A129 #29A192 #5629A1

square

#A12938 #74A129 #29A192 #5629A1

split-complementary

#A12938 #29A156 #2974A1

monochromatic

#3F1016 #701D27 #A12938 #CD3A4D #D96B79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#A12938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A12938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12938

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12938	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B10030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 41, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.155 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46d6e',
    500: '#a12938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12938;
$custom-light: #c46d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 59.406,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47478,
    "c": 0.15529,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12938

secondary

#66C0B5

accent

#E3CF45

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEB

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12938

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

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