#A12E21#A12E21

#A12E21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.153 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12E21
RGB	rgb(161, 46, 33)
HSL	hsl(6, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 79.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.19, 46.51, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.19, 58.31, 37.10°)
OKLab	oklab(47.64% 0.1326 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(47.64% 0.153 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.9513, 9.6433, 2.4600)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12E21 #2194A1

analogous

#A12154 #A12E21 #A16E21

triadic

#A12E21 #21A12E #2E21A1

tetradic

#A12E21 #54A121 #2194A1 #6E21A1

square

#A12E21 #54A121 #2194A1 #6E21A1

split-complementary

#A12E21 #21A16E #2154A1

monochromatic

#3B110C #6E1F17 #A12E21 #D43D2C #DE6B5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#A12E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A12E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12E21

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12E21	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50471E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 46, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.153 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e5d',
    500: '#a12e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12e21;
$custom-light: #c56e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.094,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4764,
    "c": 0.15325,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12E21

secondary

#5BB8C3

accent

#D8E93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12E21

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

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