#6B1417#6B1417

#6B1417 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.120 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B1417
RGB	rgb(107, 20, 23)
HSL	hsl(358, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(358, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 78.5%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.62, 37.70, 22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.62, 43.80, 30.60°)
OKLab	oklab(34.75% 0.1094 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(34.75% 0.12 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4690, 3.6890, 1.1819)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B1417 #146B68

analogous

#6B1443 #6B1417 #6B3D14

triadic

#6B1417 #176B14 #14176B

tetradic

#6B1417 #436B14 #146B68 #3D146B

square

#6B1417 #436B14 #146B68 #3D146B

split-complementary

#6B1417 #146B3D #14436B

monochromatic

#1A0506 #370A0C #6B1417 #9F1E22 #D2272D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#6B1417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#6B1417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B1417

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B1417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B1417	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443D14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#760016

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b1417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 20, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.120 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d5a54',
    500: '#6b1417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b1417;
$custom-light: #9d5a54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b1417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.931,
    "s": 68.504,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34748,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B1417

secondary

#39A29E

accent

#EBE53C

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B1417

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

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