#6B171F#6B171F

#6B171F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.117 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B171F
RGB	rgb(107, 23, 31)
HSL	hsl(354, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(354, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.5%, 71%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.13, 37.03, 17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.13, 41.00, 25.41°)
OKLab	oklab(35.17% 0.1093 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(35.17% 0.117 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6178, 3.8385, 1.6885)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B171F #176B63

analogous

#6B1749 #6B171F #6B3917

triadic

#6B171F #1F6B17 #171F6B

tetradic

#6B171F #496B17 #176B63 #39176B

square

#6B171F #496B17 #176B63 #39176B

split-complementary

#6B171F #176B39 #17496B

monochromatic

#190507 #390C10 #6B171F #9D222E #D02D3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#6B171F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#6B171F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B171F

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B171F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B171F	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443E1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b171f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 23, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.117 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c5c5a',
    500: '#6b171f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b171f;
$custom-light: #9c5c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b171f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.286,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35172,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B171F

secondary

#3DA198

accent

#E8D840

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#0F0403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B171F

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

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