#6C242F#6C242F

#6C242F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.102 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C242F
RGB	rgb(108, 36, 47)
HSL	hsl(351, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(351, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 56.5%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.73, 32.94, 10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.73, 34.49, 17.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.26% 0.0992 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(37.26% 0.102 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3289, 4.6561, 3.2015)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C242F #246C61

analogous

#6C2453 #6C242F #6C3D24

triadic

#6C242F #2F6C24 #242F6C

tetradic

#6C242F #536C24 #246C61 #3D246C

square

#6C242F #536C24 #246C61 #3D246C

split-complementary

#6C242F #246C3D #24536C

monochromatic

#17080A #3E151B #6C242F #9A3343 #C2485B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#6C242F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#6C242F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C242F

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C242F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C242F	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)

#35342F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47422D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#761828

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c242f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 36, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.102 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b6367',
    500: '#6c242f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c242f;
$custom-light: #9b6367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c242f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.833,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37258,
    "c": 0.10247,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C242F

secondary

#4D9F93

accent

#DAC44E

background

#F9F6F6

surface

#F2EBEB

border

#CCC6C6

text

#0F0506

muted

#7E7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C242F

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

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