#6C1421#6C1421

#6C1421 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.121 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C1421
RGB	rgb(108, 20, 33)
HSL	hsl(351, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(351, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.5%, 69.4%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.00, 38.56, 16.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.00, 41.79, 22.68°)
OKLab	oklab(35.12% 0.1144 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(35.12% 0.121 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7097, 3.7993, 1.8186)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C1421 #146C5F

analogous

#6C144D #6C1421 #6C3314

triadic

#6C1421 #216C14 #14216C

tetradic

#6C1421 #4D6C14 #146C5F #33146C

square

#6C1421 #4D6C14 #146C5F #33146C

split-complementary

#6C1421 #146C33 #144D6C

monochromatic

#1A0508 #380A11 #6C1421 #A01E31 #D32741

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#6C1421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#6C1421 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C1421

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C1421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C1421	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443E1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c1421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 20, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.121 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d5b5c',
    500: '#6c1421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c1421;
$custom-light: #9d5b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c1421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.136,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35123,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C1421

secondary

#39A393

accent

#ECD23C

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#0F0404

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C1421

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

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