#A12939#A12939

#A12939 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.155 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12939
RGB	rgb(161, 41, 57)
HSL	hsl(352, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(352, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 64.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.86, 49.57, 20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.86, 53.56, 22.25°)
OKLab	oklab(47.5% 0.1474 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(47.5% 0.155 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2311, 9.4607, 4.8415)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12939 #29A191

analogous

#A12975 #A12939 #A15529

triadic

#A12939 #39A129 #2939A1

tetradic

#A12939 #75A129 #29A191 #5529A1

square

#A12939 #75A129 #29A191 #5529A1

split-complementary

#A12939 #29A155 #2975A1

monochromatic

#3F1016 #701D28 #A12939 #CD3A4E #D96B7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#A12939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A12939 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12939

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12939	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)

#4A4739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B10030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 41, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.155 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46d6f',
    500: '#a12939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12939;
$custom-light: #c46d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 59.406,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47498,
    "c": 0.15526,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12939

secondary

#66C0B4

accent

#E3CE45

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEC

border

#D2C7C7

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12939

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

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