#6C170E#6C170E

#6C170E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.120 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C170E
RGB	rgb(108, 23, 14)
HSL	hsl(6, 77%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(6, 87%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 87%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.11, 36.61, 28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.11, 46.26, 37.68°)
OKLab	oklab(35.13% 0.1039 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(35.13% 0.12 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5708, 3.8337, 0.8094)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C170E #0E636C

analogous

#6C0E34 #6C170E #6C460E

triadic

#6C170E #0E6C17 #170E6C

tetradic

#6C170E #346C0E #0E636C #460E6C

square

#6C170E #346C0E #0E636C #460E6C

split-complementary

#6C170E #0E6C46 #0E346C

monochromatic

#1B0604 #360B07 #6C170E #A22315 #D82E1C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#6C170E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#6C170E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C170E

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C170E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C170E	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312B0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#780016

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c170e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 23, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.120 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c4e',
    500: '#6c170e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c170e;
$custom-light: #9e5c4e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c170e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.745,
    "s": 77.049,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35125,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C170E

secondary

#319AA5

accent

#E1F434

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100401

muted

#7F7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C170E

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

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