#A12E38#A12E38

#A12E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.150 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12E38
RGB	rgb(161, 46, 56)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.52, 47.63, 21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.52, 52.37, 24.54°)
OKLab	oklab(47.98% 0.1411 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(47.98% 0.15 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3904, 9.8189, 4.7728)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12E38 #2EA197

analogous

#A12E71 #A12E38 #A15E2E

triadic

#A12E38 #38A12E #2E38A1

tetradic

#A12E38 #71A12E #2EA197 #5E2EA1

square

#A12E38 #71A12E #2EA197 #5E2EA1

split-complementary

#A12E38 #2EA15E #2E71A1

monochromatic

#421317 #712027 #A12E38 #C9434F #D7737B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A12E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A12E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12E38

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12E38	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)

#4D4938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B10B33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 46, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.150 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46f6e',
    500: '#a12e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12e38;
$custom-light: #c46f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.783,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47982,
    "c": 0.1503,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12E38

secondary

#6CBEB7

accent

#DFD249

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12E38

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

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