#A6272E#A6272E

#A6272E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.163 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6272E
RGB	rgb(166, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(357, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 72.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.40, 51.23, 28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.40, 58.39, 28.69°)
OKLab	oklab(48.02% 0.1497 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(48.02% 0.163 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9465, 9.7579, 3.5754)
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

#A6272E #27A69F

analogous

#A6276D #A6272E #A66027

triadic

#A6272E #2EA627 #272EA6

tetradic

#A6272E #6DA627 #27A69F #6027A6

square

#A6272E #6DA627 #27A69F #6027A6

split-complementary

#A6272E #27A660 #276DA6

monochromatic

#431013 #741B20 #A6272E #D13A42 #DC6B71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A6272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A6272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6272E

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6272E	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)

#4D472D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C622A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.163 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c67',
    500: '#a6272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6272e;
$custom-light: #c96c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.693,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48023,
    "c": 0.16284,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6272E

secondary

#66C3BE

accent

#E5DC43

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6272E

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

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