#6A162A#6A162A

#6A162A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.117 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A162A
RGB	rgb(106, 22, 42)
HSL	hsl(346, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(346, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 60.4%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, 37.83, 9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 39.10, 14.62°)
OKLab	oklab(35.13% 0.1143 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(35.13% 0.117 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6493, 3.8061, 2.5746)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A162A #166A56

analogous

#6A1654 #6A162A #6A2C16

triadic

#6A162A #2A6A16 #162A6A

tetradic

#6A162A #546A16 #166A56 #2C166A

square

#6A162A #546A16 #166A56 #2C166A

split-complementary

#6A162A #166A2C #16546A

monochromatic

#19050A #370B16 #6A162A #9D213E #CF2B52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#6A162A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#6A162A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A162A

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A162A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A162A	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a162a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 22, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.117 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a5c63',
    500: '#6a162a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a162a;
$custom-light: #9a5c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a162a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.714,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35127,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A162A

secondary

#3BA088

accent

#E9C03F

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F3E9EA

border

#CDC5C6

text

#0F0405

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A162A

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

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