#A6242E#A6242E

#A6242E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.165 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6242E
RGB	rgb(166, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 72.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, 52.20, 27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 59.06, 27.89°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% 0.1528 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.165 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8518, 9.5686, 3.5438)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6242E #24A69C

analogous

#A6246F #A6242E #A65B24

triadic

#A6242E #2EA624 #242EA6

tetradic

#A6242E #6FA624 #24A69C #5B24A6

square

#A6242E #6FA624 #24A69C #5B24A6

split-complementary

#A6242E #24A65B #246FA6

monochromatic

#410E12 #741920 #A6242E #D33440 #DE6670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#A6242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A6242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6242E

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6242E	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)

#4B452D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C612A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.165 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b66',
    500: '#a6242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6242e;
$custom-light: #c96b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47765,
    "c": 0.16535,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6242E

secondary

#62C4BC

accent

#E7DB40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6242E

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

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