#A12C28#A12C28

#A12C28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.154 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12C28
RGB	rgb(161, 44, 40)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 75.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.99, 47.56, 30.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.99, 56.73, 33.03°)
OKLab	oklab(47.51% 0.1374 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(47.51% 0.154 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.9834, 9.5341, 3.0057)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12C28 #289DA1

analogous

#A12861 #A12C28 #A16828

triadic

#A12C28 #28A12C #2C28A1

tetradic

#A12C28 #61A128 #289DA1 #6828A1

square

#A12C28 #61A128 #289DA1 #6828A1

split-complementary

#A12C28 #28A168 #2861A1

monochromatic

#3F1110 #701F1C #A12C28 #CE3D39 #DA6D6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#A12C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A12C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12C28

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12C28	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)

#4E4726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 44, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.154 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e62',
    500: '#a12c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12c28;
$custom-light: #c56e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.983,
    "s": 60.199,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47514,
    "c": 0.15396,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12C28

secondary

#65BDC0

accent

#DEE344

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12C28

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

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