#6C171D#6C171D

#6C171D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.118 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C171D
RGB	rgb(108, 23, 29)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 73.1%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 37.26, 19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 41.91, 27.26°)
OKLab	oklab(35.33% 0.1093 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(35.33% 0.118 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7133, 3.8907, 1.5596)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C171D #176C66

analogous

#6C1747 #6C171D #6C3B17

triadic

#6C171D #1D6C17 #171D6C

tetradic

#6C171D #476C17 #176C66 #3B176C

square

#6C171D #476C17 #176C66 #3B176C

split-complementary

#6C171D #176C3B #17476C

monochromatic

#190507 #3A0C0F #6C171D #9E222B #D12C38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#6C171D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#6C171D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C171D

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C171D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C171D	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c171d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 23, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.118 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d5c58',
    500: '#6c171d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c171d;
$custom-light: #9d5c58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c171d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.765,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3533,
    "c": 0.11806,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C171D

secondary

#3DA29B

accent

#E8DC40

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#0F0403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C171D

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

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