#A6281D#A6281D

#A6281D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.164 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6281D
RGB	rgb(166, 40, 29)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 82.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.33, 50.23, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.33, 62.88, 36.98°)
OKLab	oklab(47.9% 0.1429 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(47.9% 0.164 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7085, 9.7159, 2.1578)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6281D #1D9BA6

analogous

#A61D56 #A6281D #A66D1D

triadic

#A6281D #1DA628 #281DA6

tetradic

#A6281D #56A61D #1D9BA6 #6D1DA6

square

#A6281D #56A61D #1D9BA6 #6D1DA6

split-complementary

#A6281D #1DA66D #1D56A6

monochromatic

#3E0F0B #721B14 #A6281D #D93527 #E2665B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A6281D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A6281D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6281D

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6281D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6281D	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F461A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6281d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 40, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.164 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c5b',
    500: '#a6281d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6281d;
$custom-light: #ca6c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6281d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.818,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47903,
    "c": 0.16415,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6281D

secondary

#59BDC6

accent

#DFED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6281D

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

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