#6A172B#6A172B

#6A172B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.116 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A172B
RGB	rgb(106, 23, 43)
HSL	hsl(346, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(346, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 59.4%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.18, 37.54, 9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.18, 38.70, 14.05°)
OKLab	oklab(35.25% 0.1135 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(35.25% 0.116 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6869, 3.8523, 2.6765)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A172B #176A56

analogous

#6A1754 #6A172B #6A2C17

triadic

#6A172B #2B6A17 #172B6A

tetradic

#6A172B #546A17 #176A56 #2C176A

square

#6A172B #546A17 #176A56 #2C176A

split-complementary

#6A172B #176A2C #17546A

monochromatic

#19050A #380C17 #6A172B #9C223F #CF2D54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#6A172B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#6A172B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A172B

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A172B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A172B	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74011F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a172b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 23, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.116 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a5c64',
    500: '#6a172b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a172b;
$custom-light: #9a5c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a172b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.542,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35252,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A172B

secondary

#3DA088

accent

#E7BF40

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F3E9EA

border

#CDC5C6

text

#0F0405

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A172B

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

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