#6A221B#6A221B

#6A221B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.104 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A221B
RGB	rgb(106, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 74.5%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.60, 31.68, 21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.60, 38.54, 34.71°)
OKLab	oklab(36.21% 0.0915 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(36.21% 0.104 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7144, 4.2883, 1.5109)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A221B #1B636A

analogous

#6A1B3B #6A221B #6A491B

triadic

#6A221B #1B6A22 #221B6A

tetradic

#6A221B #3B6A1B #1B636A #491B6A

square

#6A221B #3B6A1B #1B636A #491B6A

split-complementary

#6A221B #1B6A49 #1B3B6A

monochromatic

#180806 #39120F #6A221B #9B3227 #CB4134

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#6A221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#6A221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A221B

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A221B	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36311A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484019

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#751021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.104 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b6157',
    500: '#6a221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a221b;
$custom-light: #9b6157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.316,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36214,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A221B

secondary

#42979F

accent

#D5E345

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4EAE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A221B

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

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