#A12D1B#A12D1B

#A12D1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.155 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12D1B
RGB	rgb(161, 45, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(8, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 83.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.00, 46.70, 38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.00, 60.35, 39.30°)
OKLab	oklab(47.47% 0.132 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(47.47% 0.155 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.8360, 9.5354, 2.0434)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12D1B #1B8FA1

analogous

#A11B4C #A12D1B #A1701B

triadic

#A12D1B #1BA12D #2D1BA1

tetradic

#A12D1B #4CA11B #1B8FA1 #701BA1

square

#A12D1B #4CA11B #1B8FA1 #701BA1

split-complementary

#A12D1B #1BA170 #1B4CA1

monochromatic

#381009 #6D1E12 #A12D1B #D53C24 #E26754

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A12D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A12D1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12D1B

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12D1B	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)

#504718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6015

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 45, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.155 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e59',
    500: '#a12d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12d1b;
$custom-light: #c66e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.06,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47473,
    "c": 0.15514,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12D1B

secondary

#52B6C5

accent

#D6EE3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12D1B

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

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