#6A172A#6A172A

#6A172A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.116 H 12.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A172A
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 42)
HSL	hsl(346, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(346, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 60.4%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, 37.46, 10.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 38.79, 15.02°)
OKLab	oklab(35.23% 0.1131 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(35.23% 0.116 12.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6688, 3.8451, 2.5811)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A172A #176A57

analogous

#6A1753 #6A172A #6A2D17

triadic

#6A172A #2A6A17 #172A6A

tetradic

#6A172A #536A17 #176A57 #2D176A

square

#6A172A #536A17 #176A57 #2D176A

split-complementary

#6A172A #176A2D #17536A

monochromatic

#19050A #380C16 #6A172A #9C223E #CF2D52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#6A172A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#6A172A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A172A

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A172A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A172A	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a172a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.116 12.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a5c63',
    500: '#6a172a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a172a;
$custom-light: #9a5c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a172a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.265,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35225,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 12.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A172A

secondary

#3DA089

accent

#E7C140

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F3E9EA

border

#CDC5C6

text

#0F0405

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A172A

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

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