#6B2829#6B2829

#6B2829 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.096 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B2829
RGB	rgb(107, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(359, 46%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 61.7%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.17, 30.02, 14.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.17, 33.46, 26.23°)
OKLab	oklab(37.51% 0.0891 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(37.51% 0.096 22)
XYZ	xyz(7.2231, 4.8044, 2.6444)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B2829 #286B6A

analogous

#6B284B #6B2829 #6B4928

triadic

#6B2829 #296B28 #28296B

tetradic

#6B2829 #4B6B28 #286B6A #49286B

square

#6B2829 #4B6B28 #286B6A #49286B

split-complementary

#6B2829 #286B49 #284B6B

monochromatic

#160809 #3E1718 #6B2829 #98393A #BE5052

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#6B2829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#6B2829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B2829

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B2829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B2829	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#751C29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b2829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.096 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a6562',
    500: '#6b2829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b2829;
$custom-light: #9a6562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b2829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.104,
    "s": 45.578,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37508,
    "c": 0.09612,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.04803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B2829

secondary

#519D9C

accent

#D5D353

background

#F9F6F5

surface

#F2EBEA

border

#CCC6C6

text

#0F0605

muted

#7E7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B2829

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

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