#6D1516#6D1516

#6D1516 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.122 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D1516
RGB	rgb(109, 21, 22)
HSL	hsl(359, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(359, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.7%, 79.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.16, 37.97, 23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.16, 44.74, 31.93°)
OKLab	oklab(35.22% 0.1098 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(35.22% 0.122 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7205, 3.8465, 1.1475)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D1516 #156D6C

analogous

#6D1542 #6D1516 #6D4015

triadic

#6D1516 #166D15 #15166D

tetradic

#6D1516 #426D15 #156D6C #40156D

square

#6D1516 #426D15 #156D6C #40156D

split-complementary

#6D1516 #156D40 #15426D

monochromatic

#1A0505 #3A0B0C #6D1516 #A01F20 #D4292B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#6D1516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#6D1516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D1516

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D1516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D1516	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#790017

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d1516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 21, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.122 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5b53',
    500: '#6d1516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d1516;
$custom-light: #9e5b53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d1516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.318,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35224,
    "c": 0.12175,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D1516

secondary

#3AA3A2

accent

#EBE93D

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D1516

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

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