#A6273B#A6273B

#A6273B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.162 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6273B
RGB	rgb(166, 39, 59)
HSL	hsl(351, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(351, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 64.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.62, 51.93, 20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.62, 55.71, 21.24°)
OKLab	oklab(48.25% 0.1547 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(48.25% 0.162 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2426, 9.8764, 5.1352)
Luminance	0.0987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6273B #27A692

analogous

#A6277B #A6273B #A65227

triadic

#A6273B #3BA627 #273BA6

tetradic

#A6273B #7BA627 #27A692 #5227A6

square

#A6273B #7BA627 #27A692 #5227A6

split-complementary

#A6273B #27A652 #277BA6

monochromatic

#431018 #741B29 #A6273B #D13A51 #DC6B7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A6273B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A6273B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6273B

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6273B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6273B	1.00	7.06	2.97	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B483B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6273b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 39, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.162 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86d70',
    500: '#a6273b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6273b;
$custom-light: #c86d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6273b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.551,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48252,
    "c": 0.16215,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6273B

secondary

#66C3B4

accent

#E5CB43

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6273B

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

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