#6C281B#6C281B

#6C281B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.100 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C281B
RGB	rgb(108, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 75%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.12, 29.46, 23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.12, 37.86, 38.92°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.0843 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.1 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1417, 4.7858, 1.5844)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C281B #1B5F6C

analogous

#6C1B37 #6C281B #6C511B

triadic

#6C281B #1B6C28 #281B6C

tetradic

#6C281B #376C1B #1B5F6C #511B6C

square

#6C281B #376C1B #1B5F6C #511B6C

split-complementary

#6C281B #1B6C51 #1B376C

monochromatic

#180906 #3B160F #6C281B #9D3A27 #CC4D35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#6C281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#6C281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C281B

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C281B	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#771925

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.100 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c6558',
    500: '#6c281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c281b;
$custom-light: #9c6558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.63,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37426,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C281B

secondary

#4292A1

accent

#CAE345

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C281B

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

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