#6A171B#6A171B

#6A171B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.116 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A171B
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 27)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 74.5%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.85, 36.47, 19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.85, 41.54, 28.60°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.1066 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.116 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4488, 3.7571, 1.4223)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A171B #176A66

analogous

#6A1745 #6A171B #6A3C17

triadic

#6A171B #1B6A17 #171B6A

tetradic

#6A171B #456A17 #176A66 #3C176A

square

#6A171B #456A17 #176A66 #3C176A

split-complementary

#6A171B #176A3C #17456A

monochromatic

#190506 #380C0E #6A171B #9C2228 #CF2D35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#6A171B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#6A171B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A171B

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A171B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A171B	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443D18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#750019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a171b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.116 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b5c57',
    500: '#6a171b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a171b;
$custom-light: #9b5c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a171b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.108,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34905,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A171B

secondary

#3DA09B

accent

#E7DF40

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#0F0403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A171B

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

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