#A12A28#A12A28

#A12A28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.156 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12A28
RGB	rgb(161, 42, 40)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 75.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.72, 48.31, 30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.72, 57.20, 32.36°)
OKLab	oklab(47.31% 0.1397 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(47.31% 0.156 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.9107, 9.3886, 2.9815)
Luminance	0.0939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12A28 #289FA1

analogous

#A12863 #A12A28 #A16728

triadic

#A12A28 #28A12A #2A28A1

tetradic

#A12A28 #63A128 #289FA1 #6728A1

square

#A12A28 #63A128 #289FA1 #6728A1

split-complementary

#A12A28 #28A167 #2863A1

monochromatic

#3F1010 #701D1C #A12A28 #CE3B39 #DA6B6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#A12A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A12A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12A28

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12A28	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 42, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.156 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d62',
    500: '#a12a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12a28;
$custom-light: #c56d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.992,
    "s": 60.199,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47312,
    "c": 0.15578,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12A28

secondary

#65BFC0

accent

#E1E344

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12A28

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

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