#A6223B#A6223B

#A6223B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.167 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6223B
RGB	rgb(166, 34, 59)
HSL	hsl(349, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(349, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 64.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, 53.51, 19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 56.93, 19.99°)
OKLab	oklab(47.84% 0.1598 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(47.84% 0.167 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0892, 9.5694, 5.0841)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6223B #22A68D

analogous

#A6227D #A6223B #A64B22

triadic

#A6223B #3BA622 #223BA6

tetradic

#A6223B #7DA622 #22A68D #4B22A6

square

#A6223B #7DA622 #22A68D #4B22A6

split-complementary

#A6223B #22A64B #227DA6

monochromatic

#400D17 #731829 #A6223B #D53050 #DF637B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#A6223B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A6223B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6223B

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6223B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6223B	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49463B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6223b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 34, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.167 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86b70',
    500: '#a6223b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6223b;
$custom-light: #c86b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6223b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.636,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47836,
    "c": 0.16652,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6223B

secondary

#5FC4B1

accent

#E9C93F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6223B

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

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