#A12E27#A12E27

#A12E27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.152 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12E27
RGB	rgb(161, 46, 39)
HSL	hsl(3, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 75.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.26, 46.75, 31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.26, 56.54, 34.24°)
OKLab	oklab(47.71% 0.1346 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(47.71% 0.152 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0430, 9.6800, 2.9427)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12E27 #279AA1

analogous

#A1275D #A12E27 #A16B27

triadic

#A12E27 #27A12E #2E27A1

tetradic

#A12E27 #5DA127 #279AA1 #6B27A1

square

#A12E27 #5DA127 #279AA1 #6B27A1

split-complementary

#A12E27 #27A16B #275DA1

monochromatic

#3E120F #70201B #A12E27 #CE3F37 #DA6F68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A12E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A12E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12E27

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12E27	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1022D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 46, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.152 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f62',
    500: '#a12e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12e27;
$custom-light: #c56f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.443,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47711,
    "c": 0.15227,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12E27

secondary

#63BBC0

accent

#DBE444

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12E27

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

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