#A6261D#A6261D

#A6261D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.166 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6261D
RGB	rgb(166, 38, 29)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 82.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.09, 50.91, 37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.09, 63.28, 36.44°)
OKLab	oklab(47.72% 0.145 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(47.72% 0.166 29)
XYZ	xyz(16.6428, 9.5846, 2.1359)
Luminance	0.0958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6261D #1D9DA6

analogous

#A61D58 #A6261D #A66B1D

triadic

#A6261D #1DA626 #261DA6

tetradic

#A6261D #58A61D #1D9DA6 #6B1DA6

square

#A6261D #58A61D #1D9DA6 #6B1DA6

split-complementary

#A6261D #1DA66B #1D58A6

monochromatic

#3E0E0B #721A14 #A6261D #D93327 #E2645B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#A6261D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A6261D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6261D

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6261D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6261D	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E451A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6116

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6261d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 38, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.166 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b5a',
    500: '#a6261d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6261d;
$custom-light: #ca6b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6261d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.942,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47723,
    "c": 0.16574,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.09582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6261D

secondary

#59BFC6

accent

#E1ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6261D

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

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