#A12A2E#A12A2E

#A12A2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.155 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12A2E
RGB	rgb(161, 42, 46)
HSL	hsl(358, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(358, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 71.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, 48.59, 27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 55.63, 29.13°)
OKLab	oklab(47.4% 0.142 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(47.4% 0.155 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0208, 9.4327, 3.5613)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12A2E #2AA19D

analogous

#A12A6A #A12A2E #A1612A

triadic

#A12A2E #2EA12A #2A2EA1

tetradic

#A12A2E #6AA12A #2AA19D #612AA1

square

#A12A2E #6AA12A #2AA19D #612AA1

split-complementary

#A12A2E #2AA161 #2A6AA1

monochromatic

#401112 #701D20 #A12A2E #CC3C41 #D96D70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A12A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A12A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12A2E

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12A2E	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A602A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 42, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.155 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d67',
    500: '#a12a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12a2e;
$custom-light: #c56d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.983,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.474,
    "c": 0.15505,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12A2E

secondary

#67C0BD

accent

#E2DD46

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12A2E

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

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