#A6221E#A6221E

#A6221E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.169 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6221E
RGB	rgb(166, 34, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 81.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.64, 52.20, 36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.64, 63.76, 35.05°)
OKLab	oklab(47.4% 0.1493 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(47.4% 0.169 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5343, 9.3475, 2.1617)
Luminance	0.0935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6221E #1EA2A6

analogous

#A61E5E #A6221E #A6661E

triadic

#A6221E #1EA622 #221EA6

tetradic

#A6221E #5EA61E #1EA2A6 #661EA6

square

#A6221E #5EA61E #1EA2A6 #661EA6

split-complementary

#A6221E #1EA666 #1E5EA6

monochromatic

#3E0D0B #721715 #A6221E #D82E29 #E2615D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#A6221E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A6221E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6221E

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6221E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6221E	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C441C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6017

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6221e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 34, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.169 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a5b',
    500: '#a6221e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6221e;
$custom-light: #ca6a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6221e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.765,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47397,
    "c": 0.16864,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6221E

secondary

#5AC3C6

accent

#E7EC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6221E

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

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