#6A1017#6A1017

#6A1017 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.123 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A1017
RGB	rgb(106, 16, 23)
HSL	hsl(355, 74%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(355, 85%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.9%, 78.3%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.94, 38.67, 21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.94, 44.23, 29.04°)
OKLab	oklab(34.21% 0.1127 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(34.21% 0.123 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2846, 3.4976, 1.1546)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A1017 #106A63

analogous

#6A1044 #6A1017 #6A3610

triadic

#6A1017 #176A10 #10176A

tetradic

#6A1017 #446A10 #106A63 #36106A

square

#6A1017 #446A10 #106A63 #36106A

split-complementary

#6A1017 #106A36 #10446A

monochromatic

#1B0406 #35080B #6A1017 #9F1823 #D4202E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.36

#6A1017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#6A1017 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A1017

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A1017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A1017	1.00	12.36	1.70	12.36
#FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433B14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#750014

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a1017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 16, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.123 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c5954',
    500: '#6a1017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a1017;
$custom-light: #9c5954;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a1017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.333,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34205,
    "c": 0.12259,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A1017

secondary

#34A29A

accent

#F0E237

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A1017

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

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