#6B171E#6B171E

#6B171E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.117 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B171E
RGB	rgb(107, 23, 30)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.5%, 72%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.11, 36.98, 18.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.11, 41.23, 26.26°)
OKLab	oklab(35.15% 0.1088 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(35.15% 0.117 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6049, 3.8333, 1.6202)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B171E #176B64

analogous

#6B1748 #6B171E #6B3A17

triadic

#6B171E #1E6B17 #171E6B

tetradic

#6B171E #486B17 #176B64 #3A176B

square

#6B171E #486B17 #176B64 #3A176B

split-complementary

#6B171E #176B3A #17486B

monochromatic

#190507 #390C10 #6B171E #9D222C #D02D3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#6B171E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#6B171E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B171E

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B171E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B171E	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b171e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 23, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.117 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c5c59',
    500: '#6b171e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b171e;
$custom-light: #9c5c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b171e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35153,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B171E

secondary

#3DA199

accent

#E8DA40

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#0F0403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B171E

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

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