#A6472E#A6472E

#A6472E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.132 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6472E
RGB	rgb(166, 71, 46)
HSL	hsl(13, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 72.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, 37.56, 33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 50.58, 42.05°)
OKLab	oklab(51.84% 0.1068 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(51.84% 0.132 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4741, 12.8131, 4.0846)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6472E #2E8DA6

analogous

#A62E51 #A6472E #A6832E

triadic

#A6472E #2EA647 #472EA6

tetradic

#A6472E #51A62E #2E8DA6 #832EA6

square

#A6472E #51A62E #2E8DA6 #832EA6

split-complementary

#A6472E #2EA683 #2E51A6

monochromatic

#461E13 #763321 #A6472E #CC6246 #D98A76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#A6472E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#A6472E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6472E

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6472E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6472E	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61572B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B63342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6472e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 71, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.132 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77d68',
    500: '#a6472e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6472e;
$custom-light: #c77d68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6472e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51835,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6472E

secondary

#6FB0C1

accent

#C0E048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6472E

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

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