#6D1517#6D1517

#6D1517 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.122 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D1517
RGB	rgb(109, 21, 23)
HSL	hsl(359, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(359, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.7%, 78.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 38.02, 23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 44.45, 31.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.1102 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.122 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7303, 3.8505, 1.1993)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6D1517 #156D6B

analogous

#6D1543 #6D1517 #6D3F15

triadic

#6D1517 #176D15 #15176D

tetradic

#6D1517 #436D15 #156D6B #3F156D

square

#6D1517 #436D15 #156D6B #3F156D

split-complementary

#6D1517 #156D3F #15436D

monochromatic

#1A0505 #3A0B0C #6D1517 #A01F22 #D4292D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#6D1517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#6D1517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D1517

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D1517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D1517	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)

#302B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#790017

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d1517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 21, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.122 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5b54',
    500: '#6d1517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d1517;
$custom-light: #9e5b54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d1517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.636,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35238,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D1517

secondary

#3AA3A1

accent

#EBE73D

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D1517

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

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