#6C171E#6C171E

#6C171E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.118 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C171E
RGB	rgb(108, 23, 30)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 72.2%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.32, 37.31, 18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.32, 41.67, 26.43°)
OKLab	oklab(35.35% 0.1098 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(35.35% 0.118 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7258, 3.8957, 1.6258)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C171E #176C65

analogous

#6C1748 #6C171E #6C3A17

triadic

#6C171E #1E6C17 #171E6C

tetradic

#6C171E #486C17 #176C65 #3A176C

square

#6C171E #486C17 #176C65 #3A176C

split-complementary

#6C171E #176C3A #17486C

monochromatic

#190507 #3A0C10 #6C171E #9E222C #D12C3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#6C171E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#6C171E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C171E

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C171E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C171E	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c171e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 23, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.118 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d5c59',
    500: '#6c171e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c171e;
$custom-light: #9d5c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c171e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.059,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35348,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C171E

secondary

#3DA29A

accent

#E8DA40

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#0F0403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C171E

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