#A12C40#A12C40

#A12C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.152 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12C40
RGB	rgb(161, 44, 64)
HSL	hsl(350, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(350, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 60.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.39, 48.93, 16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.39, 51.65, 18.67°)
OKLab	oklab(47.94% 0.1468 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(47.94% 0.152 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.5257, 9.7509, 5.8614)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12C40 #2CA18D

analogous

#A12C7A #A12C40 #A1532C

triadic

#A12C40 #40A12C #2C40A1

tetradic

#A12C40 #7AA12C #2CA18D #532CA1

square

#A12C40 #7AA12C #2CA18D #532CA1

split-complementary

#A12C40 #2CA153 #2C7AA1

monochromatic

#41121A #711F2D #A12C40 #CB4057 #D87081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A12C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A12C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12C40

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12C40	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69613D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B00A34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 44, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.152 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36e74',
    500: '#a12c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12c40;
$custom-light: #c36e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.744,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4794,
    "c": 0.15227,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12C40

secondary

#6ABFB0

accent

#E0C647

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12C40

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

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