#6A161B#6A161B

#6A161B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.117 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A161B
RGB	rgb(106, 22, 27)
HSL	hsl(356, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 74.5%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.72, 36.84, 19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.72, 41.79, 28.16°)
OKLab	oklab(34.8% 0.1078 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(34.8% 0.117 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4293, 3.7181, 1.4158)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A161B #166A65

analogous

#6A1645 #6A161B #6A3B16

triadic

#6A161B #1B6A16 #161B6A

tetradic

#6A161B #456A16 #166A65 #3B166A

square

#6A161B #456A16 #166A65 #3B166A

split-complementary

#6A161B #166A3B #16456A

monochromatic

#190506 #370B0E #6A161B #9D2128 #CF2B35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#6A161B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#6A161B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A161B

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A161B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A161B	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443D18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#750019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a161b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 22, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.117 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b5b57',
    500: '#6a161b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a161b;
$custom-light: #9b5b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a161b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.429,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34804,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A161B

secondary

#3BA09A

accent

#E9DE3F

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#0F0403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A161B

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

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