#6C1519#6C1519

#6C1519 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.120 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C1519
RGB	rgb(108, 21, 25)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(357, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 76.9%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.98, 37.77, 21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.98, 43.45, 29.61°)
OKLab	oklab(35.07% 0.11 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(35.07% 0.12 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6287, 3.7957, 1.3031)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C1519 #156C68

analogous

#6C1545 #6C1519 #6C3C15

triadic

#6C1519 #196C15 #15196C

tetradic

#6C1519 #456C15 #156C68 #3C156C

square

#6C1519 #456C15 #156C68 #3C156C

split-complementary

#6C1519 #156C3C #15456C

monochromatic

#1A0506 #390B0D #6C1519 #9F1F25 #D22931

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#6C1519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#6C1519 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C1519

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C1519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C1519	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453E16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#770018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c1519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 21, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.120 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d5b55',
    500: '#6c1519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c1519;
$custom-light: #9d5b55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c1519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.241,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3507,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C1519

secondary

#3AA39E

accent

#EAE23D

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E8

border

#CEC5C4

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C1519

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

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