#A12E37#A12E37

#A12E37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.150 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12E37
RGB	rgb(161, 46, 55)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 65.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.50, 47.57, 22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.50, 52.56, 25.17°)
OKLab	oklab(47.96% 0.1407 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(47.96% 0.15 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3662, 9.8093, 4.6453)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12E37 #2EA198

analogous

#A12E71 #A12E37 #A15E2E

triadic

#A12E37 #37A12E #2E37A1

tetradic

#A12E37 #71A12E #2EA198 #5E2EA1

square

#A12E37 #71A12E #2EA198 #5E2EA1

split-complementary

#A12E37 #2EA15E #2E71A1

monochromatic

#421316 #712027 #A12E37 #C9434D #D7737A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A12E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A12E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12E37

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12E37	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B10A32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 46, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.150 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46f6d',
    500: '#a12e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12e37;
$custom-light: #c46f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.304,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47963,
    "c": 0.15036,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12E37

secondary

#6CBEB8

accent

#DFD349

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12E37

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

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