#6A2117#6A2117

#6A2117 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.106 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A2117
RGB	rgb(106, 33, 23)
HSL	hsl(7, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(7, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 78.3%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.37, 31.96, 24.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.37, 40.08, 37.13°)
OKLab	oklab(36.02% 0.0915 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(36.02% 0.106 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6431, 4.2147, 1.2742)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A2117 #17606A

analogous

#6A1736 #6A2117 #6A4A17

triadic

#6A2117 #176A21 #21176A

tetradic

#6A2117 #366A17 #17606A #4A176A

square

#6A2117 #366A17 #17606A #4A176A

split-complementary

#6A2117 #176A4A #17366A

monochromatic

#190805 #38110C #6A2117 #9C3122 #CF402D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#6A2117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#6A2117 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A2117

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A2117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A2117	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484015

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#750D1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a2117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 33, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.106 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b6054',
    500: '#6a2117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a2117;
$custom-light: #9b6054;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a2117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.229,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36021,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A2117

secondary

#3D94A0

accent

#D3E740

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4EAE7

border

#CEC6C3

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A2117

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

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