#6C1712#6C1712

#6C1712 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.119 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C1712
RGB	rgb(108, 23, 18)
HSL	hsl(3, 71%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(3, 83%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 83.3%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, 36.75, 26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 45.07, 35.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.17% 0.1051 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(35.17% 0.119 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6007, 3.8456, 0.9669)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C1712 #12676C

analogous

#6C123A #6C1712 #6C4412

triadic

#6C1712 #126C17 #17126C

tetradic

#6C1712 #3A6C12 #12676C #44126C

square

#6C1712 #3A6C12 #12676C #44126C

split-complementary

#6C1712 #126C44 #123A6C

monochromatic

#1A0604 #380C09 #6C1712 #A0221B #D52D23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#6C1712 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#6C1712 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C1712

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C1712	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C1712	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312B10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#780017

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c1712;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 23, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.119 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c50',
    500: '#6c1712',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c1712;
$custom-light: #9e5c50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c1712",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35168,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C1712

secondary

#369DA3

accent

#E4EE3A

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C1712

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

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