#6A170E#6A170E

#6A170E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.118 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A170E
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 14)
HSL	hsl(6, 77%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(6, 87%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 86.8%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.69, 35.92, 27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.69, 45.36, 37.64°)
OKLab	oklab(34.73% 0.1019 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(34.73% 0.118 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3303, 3.7097, 0.7981)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A170E #0E616A

analogous

#6A0E33 #6A170E #6A450E

triadic

#6A170E #0E6A17 #170E6A

tetradic

#6A170E #336A0E #0E616A #450E6A

square

#6A170E #336A0E #0E616A #450E6A

split-complementary

#6A170E #0E6A45 #0E336A

monochromatic

#1B0604 #340B07 #6A170E #A02315 #D62E1C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#6A170E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#6A170E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A170E

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A170E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A170E	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302B0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453D0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#750016

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a170e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.118 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c5b4e',
    500: '#6a170e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a170e;
$custom-light: #9c5b4e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a170e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.87,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3473,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A170E

secondary

#3198A3

accent

#E1F335

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100401

muted

#7F7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A170E

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

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