#A6492B#A6492B

#A6492B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.131 H 38.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6492B
RGB	rgb(166, 73, 43)
HSL	hsl(15, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 74.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, 36.40, 35.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 51.15, 44.63°)
OKLab	oklab(52.1% 0.1027 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(52.1% 0.131 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5463, 13.0489, 3.8271)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6492B #2B88A6

analogous

#A62B4A #A6492B #A6862B

triadic

#A6492B #2BA649 #492BA6

tetradic

#A6492B #4AA62B #2B88A6 #862BA6

square

#A6492B #4AA62B #2B88A6 #862BA6

split-complementary

#A6492B #2BA686 #2B4AA6

monochromatic

#451E12 #75341E #A6492B #CE6341 #DA8B71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#A6492B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#A6492B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6492B

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6492B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6492B	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B63542

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6492b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 73, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.131 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77e66',
    500: '#a6492b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6492b;
$custom-light: #c77e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6492b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.634,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52095,
    "c": 0.13061,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6492B

secondary

#6BACC1

accent

#BCE246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6492B

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

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