#A12C23#A12C23

#A12C23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.155 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12C23
RGB	rgb(161, 44, 35)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 78.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.93, 47.36, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.93, 58.17, 35.49°)
OKLab	oklab(47.45% 0.1357 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(47.45% 0.155 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.9038, 9.5022, 2.5865)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12C23 #2398A1

analogous

#A12359 #A12C23 #A16B23

triadic

#A12C23 #23A12C #2C23A1

tetradic

#A12C23 #59A123 #2398A1 #6B23A1

square

#A12C23 #59A123 #2398A1 #6B23A1

split-complementary

#A12C23 #23A16B #2359A1

monochromatic

#3C110D #6F1E18 #A12C23 #D23B2F #DD6A62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#A12C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A12C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12C23

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12C23	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)

#4F4721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 44, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.155 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e5f',
    500: '#a12c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12c23;
$custom-light: #c56e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47451,
    "c": 0.15472,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12C23

secondary

#5EBBC2

accent

#DBE741

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12C23

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

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