#A12A22#A12A22

#A12A22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.157 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12A22
RGB	rgb(161, 42, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 78.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.65, 48.07, 34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.65, 58.91, 35.31°)
OKLab	oklab(47.24% 0.1377 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(47.24% 0.157 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8165, 9.3509, 2.4852)
Luminance	0.0935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12A22 #2299A1

analogous

#A12259 #A12A22 #A16A22

triadic

#A12A22 #22A12A #2A22A1

tetradic

#A12A22 #59A122 #2299A1 #6A22A1

square

#A12A22 #59A122 #2299A1 #6A22A1

split-complementary

#A12A22 #22A16A #2259A1

monochromatic

#3C100D #6E1D17 #A12A22 #D3382D #DD6860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#A12A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A12A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12A22

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12A22	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B601D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 42, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.157 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d5e',
    500: '#a12a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12a22;
$custom-light: #c56d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.78,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47237,
    "c": 0.15665,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12A22

secondary

#5DBCC2

accent

#DDE840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12A22

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

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