#A6242A#A6242A

#A6242A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.166 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6242A
RGB	rgb(166, 36, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 74.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.00, 52.02, 30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.00, 60.05, 29.97°)
OKLab	oklab(47.71% 0.1513 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(47.71% 0.166 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7766, 9.5385, 3.1478)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6242A #24A6A0

analogous

#A6246B #A6242A #A65F24

triadic

#A6242A #2AA624 #242AA6

tetradic

#A6242A #6BA624 #24A6A0 #5F24A6

square

#A6242A #6BA624 #24A6A0 #5F24A6

split-complementary

#A6242A #24A65F #246BA6

monochromatic

#410E11 #74191D #A6242A #D3343C #DE666C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A6242A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A6242A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6242A

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6242A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6242A	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6242a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 36, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.166 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b63',
    500: '#a6242a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6242a;
$custom-light: #c96b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6242a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.231,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47706,
    "c": 0.16571,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6242A

secondary

#62C4BF

accent

#E7E040

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6242A

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

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