#6C242B#6C242B

#6C242B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.102 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C242B
RGB	rgb(108, 36, 43)
HSL	hsl(354, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 60.2%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.64, 32.59, 12.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.64, 35.01, 21.43°)
OKLab	oklab(37.16% 0.0975 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(37.16% 0.102 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2519, 4.6253, 2.7959)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C242B #246C65

analogous

#6C244F #6C242B #6C4124

triadic

#6C242B #2B6C24 #242B6C

tetradic

#6C242B #4F6C24 #246C65 #41246C

square

#6C242B #4F6C24 #246C65 #41246C

split-complementary

#6C242B #246C41 #244F6C

monochromatic

#170809 #3E1519 #6C242B #9A333D #C24854

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#6C242B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#6C242B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C242B

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C242B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C242B	1.00	10.91	1.92	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36332B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#761627

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c242b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 36, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.102 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b6364',
    500: '#6c242b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c242b;
$custom-light: #9b6364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c242b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.167,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37159,
    "c": 0.10243,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C242B

secondary

#4D9F97

accent

#DACC4E

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F3EBEA

border

#CDC6C6

text

#0F0505

muted

#7F7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C242B

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

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