#A12A29#A12A29

#A12A29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.156 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12A29
RGB	rgb(161, 42, 41)
HSL	hsl(1, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(1, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 74.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.73, 48.36, 30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.73, 56.93, 31.84°)
OKLab	oklab(47.33% 0.1401 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(47.33% 0.156 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.9280, 9.3955, 3.0722)
Luminance	0.0939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12A29 #29A0A1

analogous

#A12964 #A12A29 #A16629

triadic

#A12A29 #29A12A #2A29A1

tetradic

#A12A29 #64A129 #29A0A1 #6629A1

square

#A12A29 #64A129 #29A0A1 #6629A1

split-complementary

#A12A29 #29A166 #2964A1

monochromatic

#3F1110 #701D1D #A12A29 #CD3C3A #D96C6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#A12A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A12A29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12A29

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12A29	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)

#4D4628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 42, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.156 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d63',
    500: '#a12a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12a29;
$custom-light: #c56d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.5,
    "s": 59.406,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47326,
    "c": 0.15564,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12A29

secondary

#66BFC0

accent

#E1E345

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12A29

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

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