#A12C24#A12C24

#A12C24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.155 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12C24
RGB	rgb(161, 44, 36)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 77.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.94, 47.40, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.94, 57.88, 35.02°)
OKLab	oklab(47.46% 0.136 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(47.46% 0.155 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9189, 9.5082, 2.6658)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12C24 #2499A1

analogous

#A1245A #A12C24 #A16A24

triadic

#A12C24 #24A12C #2C24A1

tetradic

#A12C24 #5AA124 #2499A1 #6A24A1

square

#A12C24 #5AA124 #2499A1 #6A24A1

split-complementary

#A12C24 #24A16A #245AA1

monochromatic

#3D110E #6F1E19 #A12C24 #D13B31 #DC6B63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#A12C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A12C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12C24

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12C24	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)

#4E4722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 44, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.155 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e5f',
    500: '#a12c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12c24;
$custom-light: #c56e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.84,
    "s": 63.452,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47463,
    "c": 0.15456,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12C24

secondary

#5FBBC2

accent

#DCE641

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12C24

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

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