#A12E2A#A12E2A

#A12E2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.152 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12E2A
RGB	rgb(161, 46, 42)
HSL	hsl(2, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 73.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.30, 46.88, 30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.30, 55.70, 32.68°)
OKLab	oklab(47.75% 0.1357 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(47.75% 0.152 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0947, 9.7006, 3.2150)
Luminance	0.0970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12E2A #2A9DA1

analogous

#A12A61 #A12E2A #A16A2A

triadic

#A12E2A #2AA12E #2E2AA1

tetradic

#A12E2A #61A12A #2A9DA1 #6A2AA1

square

#A12E2A #61A12A #2A9DA1 #6A2AA1

split-complementary

#A12E2A #2AA16A #2A61A1

monochromatic

#401211 #70201D #A12E2A #CC413C #D9706D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A12E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A12E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12E2A

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12E2A	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1032E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 46, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.152 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f64',
    500: '#a12e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12e2a;
$custom-light: #c56f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.017,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47752,
    "c": 0.1518,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12E2A

secondary

#67BDC0

accent

#DDE246

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12E2A

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

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