#A12D40#A12D40

#A12D40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.151 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12D40
RGB	rgb(161, 45, 64)
HSL	hsl(350, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(350, 72%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 60.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.53, 48.55, 16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.53, 51.35, 19.00°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% 0.1455 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.151 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5634, 9.8263, 5.8740)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12D40 #2DA18E

analogous

#A12D7A #A12D40 #A1542D

triadic

#A12D40 #40A12D #2D40A1

tetradic

#A12D40 #7AA12D #2DA18E #542DA1

square

#A12D40 #7AA12D #2DA18E #542DA1

split-complementary

#A12D40 #2DA154 #2D7AA1

monochromatic

#41121A #71202D #A12D40 #CA4158 #D77182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#A12D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A12D40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12D40

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12D40	1.00	7.08	2.96	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69613D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B00D35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 45, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.151 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36f74',
    500: '#a12d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12d40;
$custom-light: #c36f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.172,
    "s": 56.311,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48042,
    "c": 0.15121,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12D40

secondary

#6BBFB1

accent

#E0C748

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12D40

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

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