#6D162A#6D162A

#6D162A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.120 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D162A
RGB	rgb(109, 22, 42)
HSL	hsl(346, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(346, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 61.5%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.65, 38.80, 10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.65, 40.29, 15.59°)
OKLab	oklab(35.71% 0.117 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(35.71% 0.12 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0122, 3.9932, 2.5916)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D162A #166D59

analogous

#6D1655 #6D162A #6D2D16

triadic

#6D162A #2A6D16 #162A6D

tetradic

#6D162A #556D16 #166D59 #2D166D

square

#6D162A #556D16 #166D59 #2D166D

split-complementary

#6D162A #166D2D #16556D

monochromatic

#19050A #3A0C16 #6D162A #A0203E #D32B51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#6D162A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#6D162A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D162A

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D162A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D162A	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d162a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 22, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.120 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c5c63',
    500: '#6d162a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d162a;
$custom-light: #9c5c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d162a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.207,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35706,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D162A

secondary

#3CA38B

accent

#E9C23E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9EA

border

#CEC5C6

text

#0F0405

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D162A

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

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