#A12A2A#A12A2A

#A12A2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.156 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12A2A
RGB	rgb(161, 42, 42)
HSL	hsl(0, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 73.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.75, 48.40, 29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.75, 56.66, 31.32°)
OKLab	oklab(47.34% 0.1405 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(47.34% 0.156 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9456, 9.4026, 3.1653)
Luminance	0.0940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12A2A #2AA1A1

analogous

#A12A66 #A12A2A #A1662A

triadic

#A12A2A #2AA12A #2A2AA1

tetradic

#A12A2A #66A12A #2AA1A1 #662AA1

square

#A12A2A #66A12A #2AA1A1 #662AA1

split-complementary

#A12A2A #2AA166 #2A66A1

monochromatic

#401111 #701D1D #A12A2A #CC3C3C #D96D6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#A12A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A12A2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12A2A

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12A2A	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 42, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.156 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d64',
    500: '#a12a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12a2a;
$custom-light: #c56d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4734,
    "c": 0.15552,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12A2A

secondary

#67C0C0

accent

#E2E246

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12A2A

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

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