#A12A37#A12A37

#A12A37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.154 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12A37
RGB	rgb(161, 42, 55)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(353, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 65.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.95, 49.09, 21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.95, 53.65, 23.81°)
OKLab	oklab(47.56% 0.1455 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(47.56% 0.154 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.2172, 9.5112, 4.5956)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12A37 #2AA194

analogous

#A12A73 #A12A37 #A1582A

triadic

#A12A37 #37A12A #2A37A1

tetradic

#A12A37 #73A12A #2AA194 #582AA1

square

#A12A37 #73A12A #2AA194 #582AA1

split-complementary

#A12A37 #2AA158 #2A73A1

monochromatic

#401116 #701D26 #A12A37 #CC3C4C #D96D78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#A12A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A12A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12A37

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12A37	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B10030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 42, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.154 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46d6d',
    500: '#a12a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12a37;
$custom-light: #c46d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.445,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47556,
    "c": 0.15435,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12A37

secondary

#67C0B6

accent

#E2D146

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEB

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12A37

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

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