#6C242E#6C242E

#6C242E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.102 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C242E
RGB	rgb(108, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(352, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(352, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 57.4%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.71, 32.85, 10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.71, 34.60, 18.30°)
OKLab	oklab(37.23% 0.0988 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(37.23% 0.102 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3090, 4.6481, 3.0965)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C242E #246C62

analogous

#6C2452 #6C242E #6C3E24

triadic

#6C242E #2E6C24 #242E6C

tetradic

#6C242E #526C24 #246C62 #3E246C

square

#6C242E #526C24 #246C62 #3E246C

split-complementary

#6C242E #246C3E #24526C

monochromatic

#17080A #3E151A #6C242E #9A3342 #C24859

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#6C242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#6C242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C242E

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C242E	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35342E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48422C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#761728

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.102 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b6366',
    500: '#6c242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c242e;
$custom-light: #9b6366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.667,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37232,
    "c": 0.10243,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C242E

secondary

#4D9F94

accent

#DAC64E

background

#F9F6F6

surface

#F2EBEB

border

#CCC6C6

text

#0F0506

muted

#7E7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C242E

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