#A6262E#A6262E

#A6262E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.164 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6262E
RGB	rgb(166, 38, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 72.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.29, 51.56, 27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.29, 58.62, 28.41°)
OKLab	oklab(47.94% 0.1507 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(47.94% 0.164 23)
XYZ	xyz(16.9141, 9.6931, 3.5646)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6262E #26A69E

analogous

#A6266E #A6262E #A65E26

triadic

#A6262E #2EA626 #262EA6

tetradic

#A6262E #6EA626 #26A69E #5E26A6

square

#A6262E #6EA626 #26A69E #5E26A6

split-complementary

#A6262E #26A65E #266EA6

monochromatic

#420F12 #741B20 #A6262E #D13841 #DD6A71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A6262E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A6262E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6262E

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6262E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6262E	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C622A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6262e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 38, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.164 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c66',
    500: '#a6262e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6262e;
$custom-light: #c96c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6262e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47935,
    "c": 0.16369,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.0969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6262E

secondary

#65C3BD

accent

#E6DC42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6262E

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

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