#6C1417#6C1417

#6C1417 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.121 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C1417
RGB	rgb(108, 20, 23)
HSL	hsl(358, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(358, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.5%, 78.7%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.83, 38.03, 22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.83, 44.24, 30.72°)
OKLab	oklab(34.95% 0.1103 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(34.95% 0.121 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5899, 3.7514, 1.1875)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C1417 #146C69

analogous

#6C1443 #6C1417 #6C3D14

triadic

#6C1417 #176C14 #14176C

tetradic

#6C1417 #436C14 #146C69 #3D146C

square

#6C1417 #436C14 #146C69 #3D146C

split-complementary

#6C1417 #146C3D #14436C

monochromatic

#1A0505 #380A0C #6C1417 #A01E22 #D3272D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#6C1417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#6C1417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C1417

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C1417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C1417	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453D14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#780016

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c1417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 20, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.121 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d5b54',
    500: '#6c1417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c1417;
$custom-light: #9d5b54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c1417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.955,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34948,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C1417

secondary

#39A39F

accent

#ECE63C

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C1417

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

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