#A12A3E#A12A3E

#A12A3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.154 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12A3E
RGB	rgb(161, 42, 62)
HSL	hsl(350, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(350, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 61.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.08, 49.53, 17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.08, 52.50, 19.36°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% 0.1483 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.154 16)
XYZ	xyz(16.3971, 9.5832, 5.5428)
Luminance	0.0958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12A3E #2AA18D

analogous

#A12A7A #A12A3E #A1522A

triadic

#A12A3E #3EA12A #2A3EA1

tetradic

#A12A3E #7AA12A #2AA18D #522AA1

square

#A12A3E #7AA12A #2AA18D #522AA1

split-complementary

#A12A3E #2AA152 #2A7AA1

monochromatic

#401119 #701D2B #A12A3E #CC3C54 #D96D7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#A12A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A12A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12A3E

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12A3E	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A473E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69603B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B10232

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 42, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.154 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36d73',
    500: '#a12a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12a3e;
$custom-light: #c36d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.916,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47698,
    "c": 0.15427,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.09581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12A3E

secondary

#67C0B1

accent

#E2C846

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEC

border

#D2C7C7

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12A3E

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

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