#A12E42#A12E42

#A12E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.150 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12E42
RGB	rgb(161, 46, 66)
HSL	hsl(350, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(350, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 59%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.71, 48.31, 15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.71, 50.80, 18.00°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% 0.1451 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.15 15)
XYZ	xyz(16.6599, 9.9267, 6.1920)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12E42 #2EA18D

analogous

#A12E7B #A12E42 #A1532E

triadic

#A12E42 #42A12E #2E42A1

tetradic

#A12E42 #7BA12E #2EA18D #532EA1

square

#A12E42 #7BA12E #2EA18D #532EA1

split-complementary

#A12E42 #2EA153 #2E7BA1

monochromatic

#42131B #71202E #A12E42 #C9435A #D77384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A12E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A12E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12E42

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12E42	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69613F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B01136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 46, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.150 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36f76',
    500: '#a12e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12e42;
$custom-light: #c36f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.565,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48191,
    "c": 0.1502,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.09924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12E42

secondary

#6CBEB0

accent

#DFC549

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12E42

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

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