#A6243E#A6243E

#A6243E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.165 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6243E
RGB	rgb(166, 36, 62)
HSL	hsl(348, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 62.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.33, 53.08, 17.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.33, 56.02, 18.64°)
OKLab	oklab(48.06% 0.159 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(48.06% 0.165 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2281, 9.7191, 5.5253)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6243E #24A68C

analogous

#A6247F #A6243E #A64B24

triadic

#A6243E #3EA624 #243EA6

tetradic

#A6243E #7FA624 #24A68C #4B24A6

square

#A6243E #7FA624 #24A68C #4B24A6

split-complementary

#A6243E #24A64B #247FA6

monochromatic

#410E18 #74192B #A6243E #D33454 #DE667E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#A6243E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A6243E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6243E

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6243E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6243E	1.00	7.13	2.94	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49473E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A623A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6243e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 36, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.165 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86b73',
    500: '#a6243e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6243e;
$custom-light: #c86b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6243e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48059,
    "c": 0.16489,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6243E

secondary

#62C4B0

accent

#E7C640

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6243E

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

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