#A12E29#A12E29

#A12E29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.152 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12E29
RGB	rgb(161, 46, 41)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 74.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.29, 46.83, 30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.29, 55.98, 33.21°)
OKLab	oklab(47.74% 0.1353 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(47.74% 0.152 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.0770, 9.6936, 3.1219)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12E29 #299CA1

analogous

#A12960 #A12E29 #A16A29

triadic

#A12E29 #29A12E #2E29A1

tetradic

#A12E29 #60A129 #299CA1 #6A29A1

square

#A12E29 #60A129 #299CA1 #6A29A1

split-complementary

#A12E29 #29A16A #2960A1

monochromatic

#3F1210 #70201D #A12E29 #CD403A #D9706B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A12E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A12E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12E29

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12E29	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)

#4F4827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1022E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 46, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.152 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f63',
    500: '#a12e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12e29;
$custom-light: #c56f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.5,
    "s": 59.406,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47738,
    "c": 0.15195,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12E29

secondary

#66BCC0

accent

#DCE345

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12E29

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

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