#6A171F#6A171F

#6A171F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.116 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A171F
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 31)
HSL	hsl(354, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(354, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 70.8%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 36.69, 17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 40.56, 25.22°)
OKLab	oklab(34.98% 0.1083 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(34.98% 0.116 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4983, 3.7769, 1.6829)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A171F #176A62

analogous

#6A1748 #6A171F #6A3817

triadic

#6A171F #1F6A17 #171F6A

tetradic

#6A171F #486A17 #176A62 #38176A

square

#6A171F #486A17 #176A62 #38176A

split-complementary

#6A171F #176A38 #17486A

monochromatic

#190507 #380C10 #6A171F #9C222E #CF2D3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#6A171F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#6A171F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A171F

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A171F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A171F	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443D1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a171f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.116 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b5c5a',
    500: '#6a171f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a171f;
$custom-light: #9b5c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a171f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.217,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34977,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A171F

secondary

#3DA097

accent

#E7D740

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#0F0403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A171F

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

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