#A6242C#A6242C

#A6242C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.166 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6242C
RGB	rgb(166, 36, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 73.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.03, 52.11, 28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.03, 59.54, 28.94°)
OKLab	oklab(47.74% 0.152 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(47.74% 0.166 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8133, 9.5532, 3.3410)
Luminance	0.0955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6242C #24A69E

analogous

#A6246D #A6242C #A65D24

triadic

#A6242C #2CA624 #242CA6

tetradic

#A6242C #6DA624 #24A69E #5D24A6

square

#A6242C #6DA624 #24A69E #5D24A6

split-complementary

#A6242C #24A65D #246DA6

monochromatic

#410E11 #74191F #A6242C #D3343E #DE666E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A6242C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A6242C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6242C

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6242C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6242C	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)

#4C452B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6242c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 36, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.166 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b65',
    500: '#a6242c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6242c;
$custom-light: #c96b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6242c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.308,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47735,
    "c": 0.16552,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6242C

secondary

#62C4BE

accent

#E7DD40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6242C

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

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