#A6273E#A6273E

#A6273E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.162 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6273E
RGB	rgb(166, 39, 62)
HSL	hsl(349, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 62.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.68, 52.12, 18.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.68, 55.26, 19.41°)
OKLab	oklab(48.31% 0.1559 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(48.31% 0.162 16)
XYZ	xyz(17.3227, 9.9084, 5.5569)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6273E #27A68F

analogous

#A6277D #A6273E #A65027

triadic

#A6273E #3EA627 #273EA6

tetradic

#A6273E #7DA627 #27A68F #5027A6

square

#A6273E #7DA627 #27A68F #5027A6

split-complementary

#A6273E #27A650 #277DA6

monochromatic

#431019 #741B2B #A6273E #D13A55 #DC6B80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A6273E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A6273E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6273E

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6273E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6273E	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B483E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B623B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6273e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 39, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.162 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d73',
    500: '#a6273e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6273e;
$custom-light: #c76d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6273e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.134,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48314,
    "c": 0.16219,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.09906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6273E

secondary

#66C3B2

accent

#E5C843

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6273E

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

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