#6C221B#6C221B

#6C221B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.107 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C221B
RGB	rgb(108, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 75%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.99, 32.45, 22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.99, 39.48, 34.73°)
OKLab	oklab(36.58% 0.0937 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(36.58% 0.107 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9549, 4.4123, 1.5221)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C221B #1B656C

analogous

#6C1B3D #6C221B #6C4B1B

triadic

#6C221B #1B6C22 #221B6C

tetradic

#6C221B #3D6C1B #1B656C #4B1B6C

square

#6C221B #3D6C1B #1B656C #4B1B6C

split-complementary

#6C221B #1B6C4B #1B3D6C

monochromatic

#180806 #3B130F #6C221B #9D3127 #CC4235

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#6C221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#6C221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C221B

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C221B	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36311A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#770F21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.107 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c6157',
    500: '#6c221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c221b;
$custom-light: #9c6157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.185,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36578,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C221B

secondary

#4299A1

accent

#D5E345

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4EAE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C221B

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

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