#6D162B#6D162B

#6D162B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.120 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D162B
RGB	rgb(109, 22, 43)
HSL	hsl(346, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(346, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 60.6%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 38.88, 10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 40.19, 14.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.73% 0.1174 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(35.73% 0.12 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0303, 4.0005, 2.6870)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D162B #166D58

analogous

#6D1656 #6D162B #6D2C16

triadic

#6D162B #2B6D16 #162B6D

tetradic

#6D162B #566D16 #166D58 #2C166D

square

#6D162B #566D16 #166D58 #2C166D

split-complementary

#6D162B #166D2C #16566D

monochromatic

#19050A #3A0C17 #6D162B #A0203F #D32B53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#6D162B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#6D162B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D162B

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D162B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D162B	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d162b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 22, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.120 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c5c64',
    500: '#6d162b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d162b;
$custom-light: #9c5c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d162b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.517,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35732,
    "c": 0.12013,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D162B

secondary

#3CA38A

accent

#E9C03E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9EA

border

#CEC5C6

text

#0F0405

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D162B

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

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