#A12E49#A12E49

#A12E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.151 H 11.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A12E49
RGB	rgb(161, 46, 73)
HSL	hsl(346, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(346, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 54.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.87, 48.85, 11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.87, 50.18, 13.20°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% 0.1479 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.151 11.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8791, 10.0144, 7.3462)
Luminance	0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A12E49 #2EA186

analogous

#A12E82 #A12E49 #A14C2E

triadic

#A12E49 #49A12E #2E49A1

tetradic

#A12E49 #82A12E #2EA186 #4C2EA1

square

#A12E49 #82A12E #2EA186 #4C2EA1

split-complementary

#A12E49 #2EA14C #2E82A1

monochromatic

#42131E #712033 #A12E49 #C94362 #D7738A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#A12E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.00

#A12E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A12E49

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A12E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A12E49	1.00	6.99	3.00	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B01539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a12e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 46, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.151 11.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36f7b',
    500: '#a12e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a12e49;
$custom-light: #c36f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a12e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.913,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48359,
    "c": 0.15075,
    "h": 11.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A12E49

secondary

#6CBEAB

accent

#DFBC49

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A12E49

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

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