#6A171C#6A171C

#6A171C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.116 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A171C
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 28)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 73.6%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.87, 36.52, 19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.87, 41.28, 27.78°)
OKLab	oklab(34.92% 0.1071 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(34.92% 0.116 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4606, 3.7618, 1.4843)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A171C #176A65

analogous

#6A1745 #6A171C #6A3C17

triadic

#6A171C #1C6A17 #171C6A

tetradic

#6A171C #456A17 #176A65 #3C176A

square

#6A171C #456A17 #176A65 #3C176A

split-complementary

#6A171C #176A3C #17456A

monochromatic

#190507 #380C0F #6A171C #9C2229 #CF2D37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#6A171C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#6A171C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A171C

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A171C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A171C	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443D19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a171c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.116 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b5c58',
    500: '#6a171c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a171c;
$custom-light: #9b5c58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a171c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.386,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34922,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A171C

secondary

#3DA09A

accent

#E7DD40

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#0F0403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A171C

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

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