#6D1617#6D1617

#6D1617 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.121 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D1617
RGB	rgb(109, 22, 23)
HSL	hsl(359, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(359, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 78.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.30, 37.66, 23.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.30, 44.22, 31.61°)
OKLab	oklab(35.33% 0.109 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(35.33% 0.121 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7490, 3.8879, 1.2055)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D1617 #166D6C

analogous

#6D1642 #6D1617 #6D4016

triadic

#6D1617 #176D16 #16176D

tetradic

#6D1617 #426D16 #166D6C #40166D

square

#6D1617 #426D16 #166D6C #40166D

split-complementary

#6D1617 #166D40 #16426D

monochromatic

#190505 #3A0C0C #6D1617 #A02022 #D32B2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#6D1617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#6D1617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D1617

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D1617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D1617	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#790018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d1617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 22, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.121 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c54',
    500: '#6d1617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d1617;
$custom-light: #9e5c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d1617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.31,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35332,
    "c": 0.12074,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D1617

secondary

#3CA3A2

accent

#E9E73E

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D1617

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

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