#A12E39#A12E39

#A12E39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.150 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12E39
RGB	rgb(161, 46, 57)
HSL	hsl(354, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 64.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.53, 47.70, 21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.53, 52.17, 23.91°)
OKLab	oklab(48% 0.1415 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(48% 0.15 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4151, 9.8288, 4.9029)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12E39 #2EA196

analogous

#A12E72 #A12E39 #A15C2E

triadic

#A12E39 #39A12E #2E39A1

tetradic

#A12E39 #72A12E #2EA196 #5C2EA1

square

#A12E39 #72A12E #2EA196 #5C2EA1

split-complementary

#A12E39 #2EA15C #2E72A1

monochromatic

#421317 #712028 #A12E39 #C94350 #D7737C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#A12E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A12E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12E39

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12E39	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B10C33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 46, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.150 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46f6f',
    500: '#a12e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12e39;
$custom-light: #c46f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.261,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48001,
    "c": 0.15025,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12E39

secondary

#6CBEB7

accent

#DFD149

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEC

border

#D2C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12E39

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

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