#A12B17#A12B17

#A12B17 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.157 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12B17
RGB	rgb(161, 43, 23)
HSL	hsl(9, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(9, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.69, 47.36, 39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.69, 61.97, 40.17°)
OKLab	oklab(47.23% 0.1333 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(47.23% 0.157 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.7184, 9.3691, 1.7912)
Luminance	0.0937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12B17 #178DA1

analogous

#A11748 #A12B17 #A17017

triadic

#A12B17 #17A12B #2B17A1

tetradic

#A12B17 #48A117 #178DA1 #7017A1

square

#A12B17 #48A117 #178DA1 #7017A1

split-complementary

#A12B17 #17A170 #1748A1

monochromatic

#360E08 #6B1D0F #A12B17 #D7391F #E6634D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#A12B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A12B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12B17

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12B17	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4613

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6010

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 43, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.157 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d57',
    500: '#a12b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12b17;
$custom-light: #c66d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.696,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47231,
    "c": 0.15748,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12B17

secondary

#4CB6C7

accent

#D6F236

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12B17

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

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