#A6271E#A6271E

#A6271E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.165 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6271E
RGB	rgb(166, 39, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 81.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.21, 50.60, 37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.21, 62.79, 36.30°)
OKLab	oklab(47.82% 0.1442 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(47.82% 0.165 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6878, 9.6544, 2.2129)
Luminance	0.0965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6271E #1E9DA6

analogous

#A61E59 #A6271E #A66B1E

triadic

#A6271E #1EA627 #271EA6

tetradic

#A6271E #59A61E #1E9DA6 #6B1EA6

square

#A6271E #59A61E #1E9DA6 #6B1EA6

split-complementary

#A6271E #1EA66B #1E59A6

monochromatic

#3E0F0B #721B15 #A6271E #D83529 #E2665D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#A6271E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A6271E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6271E

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6271E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6271E	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E461B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6271e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 39, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.165 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c5b',
    500: '#a6271e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6271e;
$custom-light: #ca6c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6271e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.971,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47822,
    "c": 0.16481,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6271E

secondary

#5ABFC6

accent

#E1EC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6271E

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

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