#6A171A#6A171A

#6A171A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.116 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A171A
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 26)
HSL	hsl(358, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(358, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 75.5%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.84, 36.42, 20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.84, 41.80, 29.41°)
OKLab	oklab(34.89% 0.1062 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(34.89% 0.116 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4374, 3.7525, 1.3624)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A171A #176A67

analogous

#6A1744 #6A171A #6A3D17

triadic

#6A171A #1A6A17 #171A6A

tetradic

#6A171A #446A17 #176A67 #3D176A

square

#6A171A #446A17 #176A67 #3D176A

split-complementary

#6A171A #176A3D #17446A

monochromatic

#190506 #380C0E #6A171A #9C2226 #CF2D33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#6A171A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#6A171A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A171A

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A171A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A171A	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443D17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#750019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a171a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.116 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b5c56',
    500: '#6a171a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a171a;
$custom-light: #9b5c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a171a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.831,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34888,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A171A

secondary

#3DA09D

accent

#E7E140

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#0F0403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A171A

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

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