#A12E3B#A12E3B

#A12E3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.150 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12E3B
RGB	rgb(161, 46, 59)
HSL	hsl(353, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 63.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.57, 47.82, 19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.57, 51.81, 22.63°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% 0.1423 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.15 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4660, 9.8492, 5.1709)
Luminance	0.0985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12E3B #2EA194

analogous

#A12E75 #A12E3B #A15A2E

triadic

#A12E3B #3BA12E #2E3BA1

tetradic

#A12E3B #75A12E #2EA194 #5A2EA1

square

#A12E3B #75A12E #2EA194 #5A2EA1

split-complementary

#A12E3B #2EA15A #2E75A1

monochromatic

#421318 #71202A #A12E3B #C94352 #D7737E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#A12E3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A12E3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12E3B

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12E3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12E3B	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D493B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B10D34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12e3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 46, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.150 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36f70',
    500: '#a12e3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12e3b;
$custom-light: #c36f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12e3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.217,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48041,
    "c": 0.15017,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12E3B

secondary

#6CBEB5

accent

#DFCE49

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEC

border

#D2C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12E3B

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

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