#6A1517#6A1517

#6A1517 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.118 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A1517
RGB	rgb(106, 21, 23)
HSL	hsl(359, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(359, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.2%, 78.3%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.53, 37.01, 22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.53, 43.12, 30.88°)
OKLab	oklab(34.64% 0.1074 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(34.64% 0.118 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3674, 3.6634, 1.1823)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A1517 #156A68

analogous

#6A1542 #6A1517 #6A3D15

triadic

#6A1517 #176A15 #15176A

tetradic

#6A1517 #426A15 #156A68 #3D156A

square

#6A1517 #426A15 #156A68 #3D156A

split-complementary

#6A1517 #156A3D #15426A

monochromatic

#1A0506 #370B0C #6A1517 #9D1F22 #D0292D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#6A1517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#6A1517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A1517

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A1517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A1517	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443C14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#750017

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a1517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 21, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.118 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c5b54',
    500: '#6a1517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a1517;
$custom-light: #9c5b54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a1517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.588,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34643,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A1517

secondary

#3AA19E

accent

#EAE63E

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#0F0402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A1517

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

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