#A12E2E#A12E2E

#A12E2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.151 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A12E2E
RGBrgb(161, 46, 46)
HSLhsl(0, 56%, 41%)
HSVhsv(0, 71%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 71.4%, 71.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LABlab(37.35, 47.07, 27.73)
CIE-LCHlch(37.35, 54.64, 30.50°)
OKLaboklab(47.81% 0.1371 0.0638)
OKLCHoklch(47.81% 0.151 24.9)
XYZxyz(16.1699, 9.7307, 3.6110)
Luminance0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A12E2E #2EA1A1
analogous
#A12E67 #A12E2E #A1672E
triadic
#A12E2E #2EA12E #2E2EA1
tetradic
#A12E2E #67A12E #2EA1A1 #672EA1
square
#A12E2E #67A12E #2EA1A1 #672EA1
split-complementary
#A12E2E #2EA167 #2E67A1
monochromatic
#421313 #712020 #A12E2E #C94343 #D77373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13
#A12E2E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95
#A12E2E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12E2E
7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A12E2E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A12E2E1.007.132.957.13
#FFFFFF7.131.0021.001.00
#0000002.9521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.131.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4F482D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6B612A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B1052F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a12e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 46, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.151 24.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46f67',
    500: '#a12e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a12e2e;
$custom-light: #c46f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a12e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47811,
    "c": 0.15125,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A12E2E
secondary
#6CBEBE
accent
#DFDF49
background
#FDF7F6
surface
#FAEDEB
border
#D3C8C6
text
#140806
muted
#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12E2E

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#A12E2E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva