#6D161B#6D161B

#6D161B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.120 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D161B
RGB	rgb(109, 22, 27)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 75.2%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 37.85, 20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 43.11, 28.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.39% 0.1106 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(35.39% 0.12 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7922, 3.9052, 1.4328)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D161B #166D68

analogous

#6D1646 #6D161B #6D3C16

triadic

#6D161B #1B6D16 #161B6D

tetradic

#6D161B #466D16 #166D68 #3C166D

square

#6D161B #466D16 #166D68 #3C166D

split-complementary

#6D161B #166D3C #16466D

monochromatic

#190506 #3A0C0E #6D161B #A02028 #D32B34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#6D161B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#6D161B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D161B

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D161B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D161B	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#780019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d161b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 22, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.120 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c57',
    500: '#6d161b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d161b;
$custom-light: #9e5c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d161b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.552,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35394,
    "c": 0.12028,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D161B

secondary

#3CA39D

accent

#E9E03E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D161B

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

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