#A12C1B#A12C1B

#A12C1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.156 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12C1B
RGB	rgb(161, 44, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(8, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 83.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.86, 47.09, 38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.86, 60.56, 38.97°)
OKLab	oklab(47.37% 0.1332 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(47.37% 0.156 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7983, 9.4600, 2.0308)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12C1B #1B90A1

analogous

#A11B4D #A12C1B #A16F1B

triadic

#A12C1B #1BA12C #2C1BA1

tetradic

#A12C1B #4DA11B #1B90A1 #6F1BA1

square

#A12C1B #4DA11B #1B90A1 #6F1BA1

split-complementary

#A12C1B #1BA16F #1B4DA1

monochromatic

#380F09 #6D1E12 #A12C1B #D53A24 #E26654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#A12C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A12C1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12C1B

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12C1B	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6015

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 44, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.156 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d59',
    500: '#a12c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12c1b;
$custom-light: #c66d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.612,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47368,
    "c": 0.15601,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12C1B

secondary

#52B7C5

accent

#D7EE3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12C1B

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

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