#6A281B#6A281B

#6A281B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.098 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A281B
RGB	rgb(106, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 74.5%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.75, 28.64, 23.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.75, 36.90, 39.09°)
OKLab	oklab(37.08% 0.082 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(37.08% 0.098 33)
XYZ	xyz(6.9012, 4.6618, 1.5731)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A281B #1B5D6A

analogous

#6A1B35 #6A281B #6A4F1B

triadic

#6A281B #1B6A28 #281B6A

tetradic

#6A281B #356A1B #1B5D6A #4F1B6A

square

#6A281B #356A1B #1B5D6A #4F1B6A

split-complementary

#6A281B #1B6A4F #1B356A

monochromatic

#180906 #39160F #6A281B #9B3A27 #CB4D34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#6A281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#6A281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A281B

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A281B	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#751A25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.098 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a6558',
    500: '#6a281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a281b;
$custom-light: #9a6558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.873,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37078,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.04661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A281B

secondary

#42909F

accent

#C9E345

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F3EBE9

border

#CDC6C5

text

#0F0603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A281B

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

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