#6C171A#6C171A

#6C171A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.118 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C171A
RGB	rgb(108, 23, 26)
HSL	hsl(358, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(358, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 75.9%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.26, 37.10, 21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.26, 42.69, 29.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.28% 0.1081 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(35.28% 0.118 24)
XYZ	xyz(6.6780, 3.8765, 1.3737)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C171A #176C69

analogous

#6C1744 #6C171A #6C3E17

triadic

#6C171A #1A6C17 #171A6C

tetradic

#6C171A #446C17 #176C69 #3E176C

square

#6C171A #446C17 #176C69 #3E176C

split-complementary

#6C171A #176C3E #17446C

monochromatic

#190506 #3A0C0E #6C171A #9E2226 #D12C32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#6C171A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#6C171A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C171A

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C171A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C171A	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453E17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#770019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c171a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 23, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.118 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d5c56',
    500: '#6c171a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c171a;
$custom-light: #9d5c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c171a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.882,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35279,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.03876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C171A

secondary

#3DA29E

accent

#E8E240

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C171A

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

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