#A12C2C#A12C2C

#A12C2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.153 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12C2C
RGB	rgb(161, 44, 44)
HSL	hsl(0, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 72.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.05, 47.75, 28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.05, 55.65, 30.91°)
OKLab	oklab(47.57% 0.1388 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(47.57% 0.153 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0550, 9.5627, 3.3828)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12C2C #2CA1A1

analogous

#A12C66 #A12C2C #A1662C

triadic

#A12C2C #2CA12C #2C2CA1

tetradic

#A12C2C #66A12C #2CA1A1 #662CA1

square

#A12C2C #66A12C #2CA1A1 #662CA1

split-complementary

#A12C2C #2CA166 #2C66A1

monochromatic

#411212 #711F1F #A12C2C #CB4040 #D87070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#A12C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A12C2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12C2C

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12C2C	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E472B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 44, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.153 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e65',
    500: '#a12c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12c2c;
$custom-light: #c56e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47571,
    "c": 0.15342,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12C2C

secondary

#6ABFBF

accent

#E0E047

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12C2C

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

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