#A6201E#A6201E

#A6201E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.170 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6201E
RGB	rgb(166, 32, 30)
HSL	hsl(1, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(1, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.7%, 81.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.44, 52.79, 36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.44, 64.13, 34.59°)
OKLab	oklab(47.24% 0.1511 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(47.24% 0.17 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4788, 9.2364, 2.1432)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6201E #1EA4A6

analogous

#A61E60 #A6201E #A6641E

triadic

#A6201E #1EA620 #201EA6

tetradic

#A6201E #60A61E #1EA4A6 #641EA6

square

#A6201E #60A61E #1EA4A6 #641EA6

split-complementary

#A6201E #1EA664 #1E60A6

monochromatic

#3E0C0B #721615 #A6201E #D82B29 #E25F5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#A6201E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#A6201E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6201E

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6201E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6201E	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B431C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6017

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6201e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 32, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.170 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca695b',
    500: '#a6201e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6201e;
$custom-light: #ca695b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6201e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.882,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47242,
    "c": 0.17007,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6201E

secondary

#5AC4C6

accent

#EAEC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6201E

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

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