#A12C2B#A12C2B

#A12C2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.154 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12C2B
RGB	rgb(161, 44, 43)
HSL	hsl(1, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 73.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.03, 47.70, 29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.03, 55.91, 31.45°)
OKLab	oklab(47.56% 0.1385 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(47.56% 0.154 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.0365, 9.5553, 3.2850)
Luminance	0.0955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12C2B #2BA0A1

analogous

#A12B65 #A12C2B #A1672B

triadic

#A12C2B #2BA12C #2C2BA1

tetradic

#A12C2B #65A12B #2BA0A1 #672BA1

square

#A12C2B #65A12B #2BA0A1 #672BA1

split-complementary

#A12C2B #2BA167 #2B65A1

monochromatic

#401211 #711F1E #A12C2B #CB3F3E #D86F6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A12C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A12C2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12C2B

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12C2B	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E472A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 44, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.154 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e64',
    500: '#a12c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12c2b;
$custom-light: #c56e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.508,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47556,
    "c": 0.15355,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12C2B

secondary

#69BFBF

accent

#E0E147

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12C2B

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

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