#A6211E#A6211E

#A6211E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.169 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6211E
RGB	rgb(166, 33, 30)
HSL	hsl(1, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(1, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.1%, 81.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.54, 52.50, 36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.54, 63.94, 34.82°)
OKLab	oklab(47.32% 0.1502 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(47.32% 0.169 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.5061, 9.2911, 2.1523)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6211E #1EA3A6

analogous

#A61E5F #A6211E #A6651E

triadic

#A6211E #1EA621 #211EA6

tetradic

#A6211E #5FA61E #1EA3A6 #651EA6

square

#A6211E #5FA61E #1EA3A6 #651EA6

split-complementary

#A6211E #1EA665 #1E5FA6

monochromatic

#3E0C0B #721715 #A6211E #D82D29 #E2605D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#A6211E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#A6211E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6211E

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6211E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6211E	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C431C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6017

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6211e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 33, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.169 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca695b',
    500: '#a6211e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6211e;
$custom-light: #ca695b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6211e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.324,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47319,
    "c": 0.16937,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6211E

secondary

#5AC3C6

accent

#E8EC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6211E

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

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