#6A1817#6A1817

#6A1817 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.116 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A1817
RGB	rgb(106, 24, 23)
HSL	hsl(1, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 78.3%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.93, 35.88, 22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.93, 42.40, 32.20°)
OKLab	oklab(34.95% 0.1038 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(34.95% 0.116 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4259, 3.7803, 1.2018)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A1817 #17696A

analogous

#6A173F #6A1817 #6A4117

triadic

#6A1817 #176A18 #18176A

tetradic

#6A1817 #3F6A17 #17696A #41176A

square

#6A1817 #3F6A17 #17696A #41176A

split-complementary

#6A1817 #176A41 #173F6A

monochromatic

#190605 #380D0C #6A1817 #9C2322 #CF2F2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#6A1817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#6A1817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A1817

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A1817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A1817	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)

#302B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453D14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#750019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a1817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 24, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.116 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c5c54',
    500: '#6a1817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a1817;
$custom-light: #9c5c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a1817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.723,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34945,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A1817

secondary

#3D9FA0

accent

#E5E740

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#0F0402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A1817

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

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