#A12E2B#A12E2B

#A12E2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.152 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12E2B
RGB	rgb(161, 46, 43)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 73.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, 46.93, 29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 55.43, 32.15°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% 0.136 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.152 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.1128, 9.7079, 3.3104)
Luminance	0.0970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12E2B #2B9EA1

analogous

#A12B63 #A12E2B #A1692B

triadic

#A12E2B #2BA12E #2E2BA1

tetradic

#A12E2B #63A12B #2B9EA1 #692BA1

square

#A12E2B #63A12B #2B9EA1 #692BA1

split-complementary

#A12E2B #2BA169 #2B63A1

monochromatic

#401211 #71201E #A12E2B #CB413E #D8716E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A12E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A12E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12E2B

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12E2B	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)

#4F482A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1032F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 46, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.152 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f64',
    500: '#a12e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12e2b;
$custom-light: #c56f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.525,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47766,
    "c": 0.15166,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12E2B

secondary

#69BDBF

accent

#DDE147

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12E2B

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

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