#A12E40#A12E40

#A12E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.150 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12E40
RGB	rgb(161, 46, 64)
HSL	hsl(351, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 60.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.67, 48.17, 16.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.67, 51.05, 19.34°)
OKLab	oklab(48.15% 0.1443 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(48.15% 0.15 16)
XYZ	xyz(16.6020, 9.9036, 5.8869)
Luminance	0.0990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12E40 #2EA18F

analogous

#A12E79 #A12E40 #A1552E

triadic

#A12E40 #40A12E #2E40A1

tetradic

#A12E40 #79A12E #2EA18F #552EA1

square

#A12E40 #79A12E #2EA18F #552EA1

split-complementary

#A12E40 #2EA155 #2E79A1

monochromatic

#42131A #71202D #A12E40 #C94358 #D77382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A12E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A12E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12E40

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12E40	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A613D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B01035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 46, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.150 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36f74',
    500: '#a12e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12e40;
$custom-light: #c36f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.609,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48146,
    "c": 0.15014,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.09901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12E40

secondary

#6CBEB2

accent

#DFC749

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12E40

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

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