#A6242F#A6242F

#A6242F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.165 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6242F
RGB	rgb(166, 36, 47)
HSL	hsl(355, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 71.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.07, 52.25, 27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.07, 58.82, 27.35°)
OKLab	oklab(47.78% 0.1531 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(47.78% 0.165 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8718, 9.5766, 3.6489)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6242F #24A69B

analogous

#A62470 #A6242F #A65A24

triadic

#A6242F #2FA624 #242FA6

tetradic

#A6242F #70A624 #24A69B #5A24A6

square

#A6242F #70A624 #24A69B #5A24A6

split-complementary

#A6242F #24A65A #2470A6

monochromatic

#410E13 #741921 #A6242F #D33442 #DE6671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#A6242F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A6242F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6242F

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6242F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6242F	1.00	7.20	2.91	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B452E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C612B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6242f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 36, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.165 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b67',
    500: '#a6242f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6242f;
$custom-light: #c96b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6242f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.923,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47781,
    "c": 0.16526,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6242F

secondary

#62C4BB

accent

#E7D940

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6242F

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

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