#6C172A#6C172A

#6C172A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.118 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C172A
RGB	rgb(108, 23, 42)
HSL	hsl(347, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(347, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 61.1%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, 38.12, 10.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 39.59, 15.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.61% 0.1149 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(35.61% 0.118 13)
XYZ	xyz(6.9093, 3.9691, 2.5923)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C172A #176C59

analogous

#6C1754 #6C172A #6C2E17

triadic

#6C172A #2A6C17 #172A6C

tetradic

#6C172A #546C17 #176C59 #2E176C

square

#6C172A #546C17 #176C59 #2E176C

split-complementary

#6C172A #176C2E #17546C

monochromatic

#19050A #3A0C16 #6C172A #9E223E #D12C51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#6C172A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#6C172A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C172A

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C172A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C172A	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c172a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 23, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.118 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c5c63',
    500: '#6c172a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c172a;
$custom-light: #9c5c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c172a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.588,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35609,
    "c": 0.11795,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.03968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C172A

secondary

#3DA28B

accent

#E8C240

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9EA

border

#CEC5C6

text

#0F0405

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C172A

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

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