#6A271D#6A271D

#6A271D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.098 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A271D
RGB	rgb(106, 39, 29)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 72.6%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.58, 29.28, 21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.58, 36.52, 36.69°)
OKLab	oklab(36.96% 0.0845 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(36.96% 0.098 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8918, 4.6048, 1.6881)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A271D #1D606A

analogous

#6A1D3A #6A271D #6A4E1D

triadic

#6A271D #1D6A27 #271D6A

tetradic

#6A271D #3A6A1D #1D606A #4E1D6A

square

#6A271D #3A6A1D #1D606A #4E1D6A

split-complementary

#6A271D #1D6A4E #1D3A6A

monochromatic

#180907 #3A1510 #6A271D #9A392A #C94B39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#6A271D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#6A271D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A271D

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A271D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A271D	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39331C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A421B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#751825

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a271d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 39, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.098 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a6459',
    500: '#6a271d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a271d;
$custom-light: #9a6459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a271d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.792,
    "s": 57.037,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36958,
    "c": 0.09836,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A271D

secondary

#44939F

accent

#CCE048

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F3EBE9

border

#CDC6C5

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A271D

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

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