HEX atlas value

#120E0D

#120E0D is a warm red HEX color nearest Carbon Black. RGB 18, 14, 13, HSL 12° 16% 6%, luminance 0.0047; view contrast and conversions.

red warm dark

#120E0D Sample readable text

HEX #120E0D

RGB rgb(18, 14, 13)

HSL hsl(12 16% 6%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 22, 28, 93)

Luminance 0.0047

Contrast Black 1.09:1White 19.2:1

CSS

--color-120e0d: #120E0D;
.background-120e0d { background-color: #120E0D; }
.text-120e0d { color: #120E0D; }

HEX meaning and use

About #120E0D

#120E0D is classified as a warm red value with dark visual character. #120E0D is visually closest to Carbon Black, a named gray color with HEX #0C0C0C.

The RGB channels are 18, 14, and 13, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 12deg with 16% saturation and 6% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and dark theme accents. Its luminance is 0.0047, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 6.40, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text1.09:1AA Fail

White text19.2:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #120E0D needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000001.09:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF19.2:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

Black#000000 · #FFFFFF text · best 21:1 Carbon Black#0C0C0C · #FFFFFF text · best 19.55:1 #150C09#150C09 · #FFFFFF text · best 19.3:1 #120D0E#120D0E · #FFFFFF text · best 19.27:1 #0F0F0F#0F0F0F · #FFFFFF text · best 19.16:1

Generated Palette

#120E0D#120E0D

#0D1112#0D1112

#120D0E#120D0E

#12100D#12100D

#473733#473733

Black#000000

Color Harmonies

#0D1112#0D1112

#120D0E#120D0E

#12100D#12100D

#0D120E#0D120E

#0E0D12#0E0D12

Variants

#473733#473733

Black#000000

#150C09#150C09

#0F0F0F#0F0F0F

#504F4E#504F4E

#470E00#470E00

Nearest Named Colors

Carbon Black#0C0C0C

Matte Black#1A1A1A

Carbon Fiber#1C1C1C

Black#000000

Raisin#242124

Luminance0.0047

Black text1.09:1AA Fail

White text19.2:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#120E0D","rgb":[18,14,13],"hsl":[12,16,6],"cmyk":[0,22,28,93],"luminance":0.0047,"contrast":{"black":1.09,"white":19.2}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":1.09,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":19.2,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"Black","hex":"#000000","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1,"contrastWhite":21,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Carbon Black","hex":"#0C0C0C","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.07,"contrastWhite":19.55,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#150C09","hex":"#150C09","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.09,"contrastWhite":19.3,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#120D0E","hex":"#120D0E","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.09,"contrastWhite":19.27,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#0F0F0F","hex":"#0F0F0F","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.1,"contrastWhite":19.16,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","dark","dark red","Carbon Black adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","dark theme accents","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/120e0d.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/carbon-black.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/matte-black.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/carbon-fiber.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#0D1112","analogous":["#120D0E","#12100D"],"triadic":["#0D120E","#0E0D12"],"tetradic":["#0E120D","#0D1112","#100D12"],"splitComplementary":["#0D1210","#0D0E12"],"monochromatic":["#473733","#120E0D","#000000"]}

Variants

{"light":"#473733","dark":"#000000","saturated":"#150C09","desaturated":"#0F0F0F","pastel":"#504F4E","neon":"#470E00"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"carbon-black","name":"Carbon Black","hex":"#0C0C0C","distance":6.4031242374328485},{"slug":"matte-black","name":"Matte Black","hex":"#1A1A1A","distance":19.4164878389476},{"slug":"carbon-fiber","name":"Carbon Fiber","hex":"#1C1C1C","distance":22.825424421026653},{"slug":"black","name":"Black","hex":"#000000","distance":26.248809496813376},{"slug":"raisin","name":"Raisin","hex":"#242124","distance":34.84250278036869}]

#120E0D

CSS

About #120E0D

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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