#A6272B#A6272B

#A6272B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.163 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6272B
RGB	rgb(166, 39, 43)
HSL	hsl(358, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(358, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 74.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.36, 51.09, 29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.36, 59.15, 30.26°)
OKLab	oklab(47.98% 0.1485 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(47.98% 0.163 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8894, 9.7351, 3.2748)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6272B #27A6A2

analogous

#A6276B #A6272B #A66227

triadic

#A6272B #2BA627 #272BA6

tetradic

#A6272B #6BA627 #27A6A2 #6227A6

square

#A6272B #6BA627 #27A6A2 #6227A6

split-complementary

#A6272B #27A662 #276BA6

monochromatic

#431011 #741B1E #A6272B #D13A3E #DC6B6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#A6272B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A6272B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6272B

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6272B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6272B	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D462A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6272b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 39, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.163 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c64',
    500: '#a6272b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6272b;
$custom-light: #c96c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6272b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.11,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47979,
    "c": 0.16315,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6272B

secondary

#66C3C0

accent

#E5E043

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6272B

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

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