#A12B22#A12B22

#A12B22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.156 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12B22
RGB	rgb(161, 43, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 78.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.79, 47.70, 34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.79, 58.69, 35.63°)
OKLab	oklab(47.34% 0.1365 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(47.34% 0.156 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.8524, 9.4228, 2.4971)
Luminance	0.0942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12B22 #2298A1

analogous

#A12258 #A12B22 #A16A22

triadic

#A12B22 #22A12B #2B22A1

tetradic

#A12B22 #58A122 #2298A1 #6A22A1

square

#A12B22 #58A122 #2298A1 #6A22A1

split-complementary

#A12B22 #22A16A #2258A1

monochromatic

#3C100D #6E1E17 #A12B22 #D3392D #DD6960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A12B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A12B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12B22

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12B22	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)

#4E4620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B601D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 43, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.156 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d5e',
    500: '#a12b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12b22;
$custom-light: #c56d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.252,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47337,
    "c": 0.15577,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12B22

secondary

#5DBBC2

accent

#DCE840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12B22

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

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