#A12A2C#A12A2C

#A12A2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.155 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12A2C
RGB	rgb(161, 42, 44)
HSL	hsl(359, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(359, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 72.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.78, 48.49, 28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.78, 56.13, 30.24°)
OKLab	oklab(47.37% 0.1412 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(47.37% 0.155 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9823, 9.4173, 3.3585)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12A2C #2AA19F

analogous

#A12A67 #A12A2C #A1642A

triadic

#A12A2C #2CA12A #2A2CA1

tetradic

#A12A2C #67A12A #2AA19F #642AA1

square

#A12A2C #67A12A #2AA19F #642AA1

split-complementary

#A12A2C #2AA164 #2A67A1

monochromatic

#401111 #701D1F #A12A2C #CC3C3E #D96D6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A12A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A12A2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12A2C

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12A2C	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D462B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 42, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.155 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d65',
    500: '#a12a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12a2c;
$custom-light: #c56d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.992,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47369,
    "c": 0.15527,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12A2C

secondary

#67C0BE

accent

#E2DF46

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12A2C

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

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