#A7212B#A7212B

#A7212B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.169 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7212B
RGB	rgb(167, 33, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(356, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.2%, 74.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.89, 53.27, 29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.89, 60.81, 28.83°)
OKLab	oklab(47.67% 0.1554 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(47.67% 0.169 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9182, 9.4803, 3.2241)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7212B #21A79D

analogous

#A7216E #A7212B #A75A21

triadic

#A7212B #2BA721 #212BA7

tetradic

#A7212B #6EA721 #21A79D #5A21A7

square

#A7212B #6EA721 #21A79D #5A21A7

split-complementary

#A7212B #21A75A #216EA7

monochromatic

#410D11 #74171E #A7212B #D62F3C #E0626C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#A7212B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A7212B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7212B

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7212B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7212B	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B442A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7212b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 33, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.169 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a64',
    500: '#a7212b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7212b;
$custom-light: #ca6a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7212b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.522,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47666,
    "c": 0.16892,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7212B

secondary

#5FC5BD

accent

#EADD3E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7212B

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

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