#A6261B#A6261B

#A6261B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.166 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6261B
RGB	rgb(166, 38, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(5, 84%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 83.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.07, 50.85, 38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.07, 63.86, 37.23°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% 0.1444 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.166 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6189, 9.5750, 2.0098)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6261B #1B9BA6

analogous

#A61B56 #A6261B #A66B1B

triadic

#A6261B #1BA626 #261BA6

tetradic

#A6261B #56A61B #1B9BA6 #6B1BA6

square

#A6261B #56A61B #1B9BA6 #6B1BA6

split-complementary

#A6261B #1BA66B #1B56A6

monochromatic

#3D0E0A #711A12 #A6261B #DB3224 #E46358

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#A6261B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A6261B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6261B

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6261B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6261B	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)

#4E4518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6114

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6261b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 38, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.166 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b59',
    500: '#a6261b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6261b;
$custom-light: #ca6b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6261b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.748,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47704,
    "c": 0.16601,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6261B

secondary

#56BEC7

accent

#E0EF39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6261B

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

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