#6A1217#6A1217

#6A1217 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.121 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A1217
RGB	rgb(106, 18, 23)
HSL	hsl(357, 71%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(357, 83%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83%, 78.3%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.16, 38.04, 21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.16, 43.80, 29.72°)
OKLab	oklab(34.37% 0.1107 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(34.37% 0.121 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3156, 3.5596, 1.1650)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A1217 #126A65

analogous

#6A1243 #6A1217 #6A3912

triadic

#6A1217 #176A12 #12176A

tetradic

#6A1217 #436A12 #126A65 #39126A

square

#6A1217 #436A12 #126A65 #39126A

split-complementary

#6A1217 #126A39 #12436A

monochromatic

#1A0406 #36090C #6A1217 #9E1B22 #D3242E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#6A1217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#6A1217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A1217

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A1217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A1217	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433C14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#750015

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a1217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 18, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.121 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c5954',
    500: '#6a1217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a1217;
$custom-light: #9c5954;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a1217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.591,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3437,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A1217

secondary

#36A29B

accent

#EEE43A

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#0F0402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A1217

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

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