#A6272A#A6272A

#A6272A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.163 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A6272A
RGBrgb(166, 39, 42)
HSLhsl(359, 62%, 40%)
HSVhsv(359, 77%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 76.5%, 74.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LABlab(37.35, 51.05, 30.39)
CIE-LCHlch(37.35, 59.41, 30.77°)
OKLaboklab(47.97% 0.1482 0.0685)
OKLCHoklch(47.97% 0.163 24.8)
XYZxyz(16.8713, 9.7278, 3.1793)
Luminance0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A6272A #27A6A3
analogous
#A62769 #A6272A #A66427
triadic
#A6272A #2AA627 #272AA6
tetradic
#A6272A #69A627 #27A6A3 #6427A6
square
#A6272A #69A627 #27A6A3 #6427A6
split-complementary
#A6272A #27A664 #2769A6
monochromatic
#431011 #741B1D #A6272A #D13A3D #DC6B6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13
#A6272A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95
#A6272A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6272A
7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A6272A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A6272A1.007.132.957.13
#FFFFFF7.131.0021.001.00
#0000002.9521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.131.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4D4629
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6D6225
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B7002A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a6272a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 39, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.163 24.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c64',
    500: '#a6272a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a6272a;
$custom-light: #c96c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a6272a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.583,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47965,
    "c": 0.16326,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A6272A
secondary
#66C3C0
accent
#E5E143
background
#FDF6F5
surface
#FAECEA
border
#D3C7C6
text
#150705
muted
#837A79

Preview Lab

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#A6272A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva