#A6281E#A6281E

#A6281E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.164 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6281E
RGB	rgb(166, 40, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 81.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.34, 50.26, 37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.34, 62.59, 36.57°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% 0.1432 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.164 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7210, 9.7210, 2.2239)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6281E #1E9CA6

analogous

#A61E58 #A6281E #A66C1E

triadic

#A6281E #1EA628 #281EA6

tetradic

#A6281E #58A61E #1E9CA6 #6C1EA6

square

#A6281E #58A61E #1E9CA6 #6C1EA6

split-complementary

#A6281E #1EA66C #1E58A6

monochromatic

#3E0F0B #721C15 #A6281E #D83629 #E2675D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#A6281E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A6281E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6281E

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6281E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6281E	1.00	7.13	2.94	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F461B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.164 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c5b',
    500: '#a6281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6281e;
$custom-light: #ca6c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.412,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47913,
    "c": 0.16401,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6281E

secondary

#5ABEC6

accent

#DFEC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6281E

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

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