#6A251B#6A251B

#6A251B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.101 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A251B
RGB	rgb(106, 37, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 74.5%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.16, 30.19, 22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.16, 37.71, 36.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.63% 0.0869 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(36.63% 0.101 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8040, 4.4674, 1.5407)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A251B #1B606A

analogous

#6A1B38 #6A251B #6A4C1B

triadic

#6A251B #1B6A25 #251B6A

tetradic

#6A251B #386A1B #1B606A #4C1B6A

square

#6A251B #386A1B #1B606A #4C1B6A

split-complementary

#6A251B #1B6A4C #1B386A

monochromatic

#180906 #39140F #6A251B #9B3627 #CB4734

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#6A251B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#6A251B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A251B

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A251B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A251B	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38321A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#751523

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a251b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 37, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.101 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a6357',
    500: '#6a251b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a251b;
$custom-light: #9a6357;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a251b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.595,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36634,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A251B

secondary

#42939F

accent

#CFE345

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F3EBE9

border

#CDC6C5

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A251B

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

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