#6A170F#6A170F

#6A170F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.118 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A170F
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 15)
HSL	hsl(5, 75%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(5, 86%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 85.8%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.70, 35.95, 27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.70, 45.08, 37.11°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.1022 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.118 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3372, 3.7125, 0.8347)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A170F #0F626A

analogous

#6A0F34 #6A170F #6A440F

triadic

#6A170F #0F6A17 #170F6A

tetradic

#6A170F #346A0F #0F626A #440F6A

square

#6A170F #346A0F #0F626A #440F6A

split-complementary

#6A170F #0F6A44 #0F346A

monochromatic

#1B0604 #340B07 #6A170F #A02317 #D52E1E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#6A170F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#6A170F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A170F

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A170F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A170F	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)

#302B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453D0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#750016

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a170f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.118 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c5b4e',
    500: '#6a170f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a170f;
$custom-light: #9c5b4e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a170f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.275,
    "s": 75.207,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3474,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A170F

secondary

#3299A2

accent

#E1F236

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100401

muted

#7F7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A170F

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

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