#A6424D#A6424D

#A6424D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.132 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6424D
RGB	rgb(166, 66, 77)
HSL	hsl(353, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(353, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 53.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.06, 42.15, 14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.06, 44.69, 19.39°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.1267 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.132 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0152, 12.5416, 8.4392)
Luminance	0.1254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6424D #42A69B

analogous

#A6427F #A6424D #A66942

triadic

#A6424D #4DA642 #424DA6

tetradic

#A6424D #7FA642 #42A69B #6942A6

square

#A6424D #7FA642 #42A69B #6942A6

split-complementary

#A6424D #42A669 #427FA6

monochromatic

#4E1F24 #7A3139 #A6424D #C1646E #D39097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#A6424D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#A6424D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6424D

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6424D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6424D	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59564D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B53246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6424d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 66, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.132 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57b7e',
    500: '#a6424d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6424d;
$custom-light: #c57b7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6424d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.4,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51689,
    "c": 0.13202,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6424D

secondary

#86BEB8

accent

#D3C555

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEEE

border

#D2C9C9

text

#140A0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6424D

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

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