#A12E28#A12E28

#A12E28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.152 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12E28
RGB	rgb(161, 46, 40)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 75.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.27, 46.79, 31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.27, 56.26, 33.73°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% 0.1349 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.152 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0598, 9.6867, 3.0312)
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

#A12E28 #289BA1

analogous

#A1285F #A12E28 #A16B28

triadic

#A12E28 #28A12E #2E28A1

tetradic

#A12E28 #5FA128 #289BA1 #6B28A1

square

#A12E28 #5FA128 #289BA1 #6B28A1

split-complementary

#A12E28 #28A16B #285FA1

monochromatic

#3F1210 #70201C #A12E28 #CE4039 #DA6F6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A12E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A12E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12E28

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12E28	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)

#4F4826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1022E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 46, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.152 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f62',
    500: '#a12e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12e28;
$custom-light: #c56f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.975,
    "s": 60.199,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47725,
    "c": 0.15211,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12E28

secondary

#65BCC0

accent

#DBE344

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12E28

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

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