#6C1517#6C1517

#6C1517 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.121 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C1517
RGB	rgb(108, 21, 23)
HSL	hsl(359, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(359, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 78.7%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, 37.68, 22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 44.01, 31.11°)
OKLab	oklab(35.04% 0.1092 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(35.04% 0.121 25)
XYZ	xyz(6.6079, 3.7874, 1.1935)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C1517 #156C6A

analogous

#6C1542 #6C1517 #6C3F15

triadic

#6C1517 #176C15 #15176C

tetradic

#6C1517 #426C15 #156C6A #3F156C

square

#6C1517 #426C15 #156C6A #3F156C

split-complementary

#6C1517 #156C3F #15426C

monochromatic

#1A0505 #390B0C #6C1517 #9F1F22 #D2292D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#6C1517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#6C1517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C1517

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C1517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C1517	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453E14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#780017

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c1517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 21, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.121 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d5b54',
    500: '#6c1517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c1517;
$custom-light: #9d5b54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c1517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.621,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3504,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.03786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C1517

secondary

#3AA3A0

accent

#EAE63D

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C1517

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

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