#A6272D#A6272D

#A6272D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.163 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6272D
RGB	rgb(166, 39, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 72.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.39, 51.18, 28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.39, 58.64, 29.22°)
OKLab	oklab(48.01% 0.1493 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(48.01% 0.163 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9270, 9.7501, 3.4728)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6272D #27A6A0

analogous

#A6276D #A6272D #A66027

triadic

#A6272D #2DA627 #272DA6

tetradic

#A6272D #6DA627 #27A6A0 #6027A6

square

#A6272D #6DA627 #27A6A0 #6027A6

split-complementary

#A6272D #27A660 #276DA6

monochromatic

#431012 #741B20 #A6272D #D13A41 #DC6B70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A6272D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A6272D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6272D

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6272D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6272D	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D472C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6272d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 39, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.163 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c66',
    500: '#a6272d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6272d;
$custom-light: #c96c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6272d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.165,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48008,
    "c": 0.16294,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6272D

secondary

#66C3BE

accent

#E5DD43

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6272D

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

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