#A6242B#A6242B

#A6242B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.166 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6242B
RGB	rgb(166, 36, 43)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 74.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.01, 52.06, 29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.01, 59.80, 29.46°)
OKLab	oklab(47.72% 0.1516 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(47.72% 0.166 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7948, 9.5458, 3.2432)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6242B #24A69F

analogous

#A6246C #A6242B #A65E24

triadic

#A6242B #2BA624 #242BA6

tetradic

#A6242B #6CA624 #24A69F #5E24A6

square

#A6242B #6CA624 #24A69F #5E24A6

split-complementary

#A6242B #24A65E #246CA6

monochromatic

#410E11 #74191E #A6242B #D3343D #DE666D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A6242B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A6242B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6242B

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6242B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6242B	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)

#4C452A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6242b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 36, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.166 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b64',
    500: '#a6242b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6242b;
$custom-light: #c96b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6242b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.769,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4772,
    "c": 0.16561,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6242B

secondary

#62C4BE

accent

#E7DE40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6242B

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

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