#A12C27#A12C27

#A12C27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.154 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12C27
RGB	rgb(161, 44, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 75.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.98, 47.52, 31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.98, 57.01, 33.54°)
OKLab	oklab(47.5% 0.137 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(47.5% 0.154 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.9667, 9.5273, 2.9173)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12C27 #279CA1

analogous

#A1275F #A12C27 #A16927

triadic

#A12C27 #27A12C #2C27A1

tetradic

#A12C27 #5FA127 #279CA1 #6927A1

square

#A12C27 #5FA127 #279CA1 #6927A1

split-complementary

#A12C27 #27A169 #275FA1

monochromatic

#3E110F #701F1B #A12C27 #CE3D37 #DA6D68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#A12C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A12C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12C27

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12C27	1.00	7.23	2.91	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6023

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 44, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.154 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e61',
    500: '#a12c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12c27;
$custom-light: #c56e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.459,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47501,
    "c": 0.15411,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12C27

secondary

#63BDC0

accent

#DEE444

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12C27

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

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