#A12940#A12940

#A12940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.155 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12940
RGB	rgb(161, 41, 64)
HSL	hsl(349, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 60.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.00, 50.03, 16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.00, 52.53, 17.74°)
OKLab	oklab(47.65% 0.1503 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(47.65% 0.155 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4179, 9.5355, 5.8255)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12940 #29A18A

analogous

#A1297C #A12940 #A14E29

triadic

#A12940 #40A129 #2940A1

tetradic

#A12940 #7CA129 #29A18A #4E29A1

square

#A12940 #7CA129 #29A18A #4E29A1

split-complementary

#A12940 #29A14E #297CA1

monochromatic

#3F1019 #701D2D #A12940 #CD3A56 #D96B80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A12940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A12940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12940

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12940	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68603D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B00133

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 41, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.155 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36d74',
    500: '#a12940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12940;
$custom-light: #c36d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.5,
    "s": 59.406,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47646,
    "c": 0.15535,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12940

secondary

#66C0AF

accent

#E3C445

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12940

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

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