#A6261A#A6261A

#A6261A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.166 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6261A
RGB	rgb(166, 38, 26)
HSL	hsl(5, 73%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(5, 84%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 84.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, 50.82, 39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 64.16, 37.61°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% 0.1442 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.166 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6075, 9.5705, 1.9499)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6261A #1A9AA6

analogous

#A61A54 #A6261A #A66C1A

triadic

#A6261A #1AA626 #261AA6

tetradic

#A6261A #54A61A #1A9AA6 #6C1AA6

square

#A6261A #54A61A #1A9AA6 #6C1AA6

split-complementary

#A6261A #1AA66C #1A54A6

monochromatic

#3C0E09 #711A12 #A6261A #DB3222 #E56256

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#A6261A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A6261A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6261A

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6261A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6261A	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)

#4E4517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6261a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 38, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.166 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b58',
    500: '#a6261a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6261a;
$custom-light: #ca6b58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6261a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47695,
    "c": 0.16614,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6261A

secondary

#54BEC8

accent

#E0F038

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6261A

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

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