#A6272F#A6272F

#A6272F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.163 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6272F
RGB	rgb(166, 39, 47)
HSL	hsl(356, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 71.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.42, 51.27, 27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.42, 58.15, 28.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% 0.15 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.163 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9664, 9.7659, 3.6804)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6272F #27A69E

analogous

#A6276F #A6272F #A65E27

triadic

#A6272F #2FA627 #272FA6

tetradic

#A6272F #6FA627 #27A69E #5E27A6

square

#A6272F #6FA627 #27A69E #5E27A6

split-complementary

#A6272F #27A65E #276FA6

monochromatic

#431013 #741B21 #A6272F #D13A43 #DC6B72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A6272F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A6272F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6272F

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6272F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6272F	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D472E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C622B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6272f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 39, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.163 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c67',
    500: '#a6272f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6272f;
$custom-light: #c86c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6272f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.22,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48039,
    "c": 0.16274,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6272F

secondary

#66C3BD

accent

#E5DB43

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6272F

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

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