#A6422C#A6422C

#A6422C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.137 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6422C
RGB	rgb(166, 66, 44)
HSL	hsl(11, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 73.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.51, 39.92, 33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.51, 52.39, 40.35°)
OKLab	oklab(51.1% 0.1137 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(51.1% 0.137 34)
XYZ	xyz(18.1306, 12.1877, 3.7801)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6422C #2C90A6

analogous

#A62C53 #A6422C #A67F2C

triadic

#A6422C #2CA642 #422CA6

tetradic

#A6422C #53A62C #2C90A6 #7F2CA6

square

#A6422C #53A62C #2C90A6 #7F2CA6

split-complementary

#A6422C #2CA67F #2C53A6

monochromatic

#451C12 #762F1F #A6422C #CD5B42 #DA8573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#A6422C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#A6422C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6422C

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6422C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6422C	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B62B3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6422c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 66, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.137 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77a66',
    500: '#a6422c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6422c;
$custom-light: #c77a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6422c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.82,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51095,
    "c": 0.13713,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.12185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6422C

secondary

#6DB2C1

accent

#C5E146

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6422C

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

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