#A6462E#A6462E

#A6462E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.133 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6462E
RGB	rgb(166, 70, 46)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 72.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.29, 38.06, 33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.29, 50.81, 41.49°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.1084 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.133 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4110, 12.6870, 4.0636)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6462E #2E8EA6

analogous

#A62E52 #A6462E #A6822E

triadic

#A6462E #2EA646 #462EA6

tetradic

#A6462E #52A62E #2E8EA6 #822EA6

square

#A6462E #52A62E #2E8EA6 #822EA6

split-complementary

#A6462E #2EA682 #2E52A6

monochromatic

#461E13 #763221 #A6462E #CC6046 #D98976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#A6462E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#A6462E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6462E

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6462E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6462E	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60572B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B63141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6462e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 70, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.133 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77d68',
    500: '#a6462e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6462e;
$custom-light: #c77d68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6462e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51689,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6462E

secondary

#6FB0C1

accent

#C1E048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6462E

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

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