#6A242E#6A242E

#6A242E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.100 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A242E
RGB	rgb(106, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(351, 49%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(351, 66%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 56.6%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.33, 32.10, 10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.33, 33.71, 17.77°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.0966 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.1 15)
XYZ	xyz(7.0685, 4.5241, 3.0853)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A242E #246A60

analogous

#6A2451 #6A242E #6A3D24

triadic

#6A242E #2E6A24 #242E6A

tetradic

#6A242E #516A24 #246A60 #3D246A

square

#6A242E #516A24 #246A60 #3D246A

split-complementary

#6A242E #246A3D #24516A

monochromatic

#17080A #3C141A #6A242E #983442 #C14859

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#6A242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#6A242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A242E

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A242E	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34332E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46412C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#741828

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.100 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#996366',
    500: '#6a242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a242e;
$custom-light: #996366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 49.296,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36881,
    "c": 0.10002,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.04523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A242E

secondary

#4D9D92

accent

#D9C54F

background

#F9F6F6

surface

#F2EBEB

border

#CCC6C6

text

#0E0506

muted

#7E7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A242E

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

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