#A12E17#A12E17

#A12E17 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.155 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12E17
RGB	rgb(161, 46, 23)
HSL	hsl(10, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(10, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.11, 46.20, 40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.11, 61.33, 41.13°)
OKLab	oklab(47.55% 0.1298 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(47.55% 0.155 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8315, 9.5954, 1.8289)
Luminance	0.0959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12E17 #178AA1

analogous

#A11745 #A12E17 #A17317

triadic

#A12E17 #17A12E #2E17A1

tetradic

#A12E17 #45A117 #178AA1 #7317A1

square

#A12E17 #45A117 #178AA1 #7317A1

split-complementary

#A12E17 #17A173 #1745A1

monochromatic

#360F08 #6B1F0F #A12E17 #D73D1F #E6664D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#A12E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A12E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12E17

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12E17	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6110

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 46, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.155 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e57',
    500: '#a12e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12e17;
$custom-light: #c66e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47546,
    "c": 0.15492,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12E17

secondary

#4CB3C7

accent

#D2F236

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150803

muted

#837B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12E17

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

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