#A12942#A12942

#A12942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.155 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12942
RGB	rgb(161, 41, 66)
HSL	hsl(348, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 59%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.04, 50.17, 14.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.04, 52.31, 16.42°)
OKLab	oklab(47.69% 0.1511 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(47.69% 0.155 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4759, 9.5586, 6.1306)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12942 #29A188

analogous

#A1297E #A12942 #A14C29

triadic

#A12942 #42A129 #2942A1

tetradic

#A12942 #7EA129 #29A188 #4C29A1

square

#A12942 #7EA129 #29A188 #4C29A1

split-complementary

#A12942 #29A14C #297EA1

monochromatic

#3F101A #701D2E #A12942 #CD3A59 #D96B82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#A12942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A12942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12942

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12942	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68603F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B00233

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 41, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.155 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36d76',
    500: '#a12942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12942;
$custom-light: #c36d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.5,
    "s": 59.406,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47691,
    "c": 0.15547,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12942

secondary

#66C0AD

accent

#E3C245

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12942

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

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