#6A171E#6A171E

#6A171E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.116 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A171E
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 30)
HSL	hsl(355, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(355, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 71.7%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.90, 36.63, 17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.90, 40.79, 26.09°)
OKLab	oklab(34.96% 0.1079 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(34.96% 0.116 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4853, 3.7717, 1.6146)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A171E #176A63

analogous

#6A1747 #6A171E #6A3A17

triadic

#6A171E #1E6A17 #171E6A

tetradic

#6A171E #476A17 #176A63 #3A176A

square

#6A171E #476A17 #176A63 #3A176A

split-complementary

#6A171E #176A3A #17476A

monochromatic

#190507 #380C10 #6A171E #9C222C #CF2D3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.97

#6A171E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#6A171E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A171E

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A171E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A171E	1.00	11.97	1.75	11.97
#FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443D1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a171e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.116 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b5c59',
    500: '#6a171e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a171e;
$custom-light: #9b5c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a171e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.94,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34958,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A171E

secondary

#3DA098

accent

#E7D940

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#0F0403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A171E

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

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