#A12E1C#A12E1C

#A12E1C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.154 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12E1C
RGB	rgb(161, 46, 28)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(8, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 82.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.15, 46.34, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.15, 59.83, 39.23°)
OKLab	oklab(47.59% 0.1311 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(47.59% 0.154 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.8864, 9.6173, 2.1182)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12E1C #1C8FA1

analogous

#A11C4D #A12E1C #A1701C

triadic

#A12E1C #1CA12E #2E1CA1

tetradic

#A12E1C #4DA11C #1C8FA1 #701CA1

square

#A12E1C #4DA11C #1C8FA1 #701CA1

split-complementary

#A12E1C #1CA170 #1C4DA1

monochromatic

#39100A #6D1F13 #A12E1C #D53D25 #E26956

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A12E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A12E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12E1C

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12E1C	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6116

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 46, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.154 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e5a',
    500: '#a12e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12e1c;
$custom-light: #c66e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.12,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47589,
    "c": 0.15409,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12E1C

secondary

#54B6C5

accent

#D5ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12E1C

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

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