#6A251D#6A251D

#6A251D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.101 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A251D
RGB	rgb(106, 37, 29)
HSL	hsl(6, 57%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(6, 73%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 72.6%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.19, 30.31, 21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.19, 37.08, 35.17°)
OKLab	oklab(36.67% 0.0877 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(36.67% 0.101 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8279, 4.4769, 1.6668)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A251D #1D626A

analogous

#6A1D3C #6A251D #6A4C1D

triadic

#6A251D #1D6A25 #251D6A

tetradic

#6A251D #3C6A1D #1D626A #4C1D6A

square

#6A251D #3C6A1D #1D626A #4C1D6A

split-complementary

#6A251D #1D6A4C #1D3C6A

monochromatic

#180807 #3A1410 #6A251D #9A362A #C94839

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#6A251D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#6A251D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A251D

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A251D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A251D	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38321C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49411B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#751523

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a251d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 37, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.101 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a6359',
    500: '#6a251d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a251d;
$custom-light: #9a6359;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a251d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.234,
    "s": 57.037,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36665,
    "c": 0.10063,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A251D

secondary

#44959F

accent

#D0E048

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F3EBE9

border

#CDC6C5

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A251D

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

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