#6D1712#6D1712

#6D1712 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.121 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D1712
RGB	rgb(109, 23, 18)
HSL	hsl(3, 72%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(3, 83%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 83.5%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.37, 37.10, 26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.37, 45.52, 35.41°)
OKLab	oklab(35.37% 0.1061 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(35.37% 0.121 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7231, 3.9087, 0.9726)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D1712 #12686D

analogous

#6D123A #6D1712 #6D4512

triadic

#6D1712 #126D17 #17126D

tetradic

#6D1712 #3A6D12 #12686D #45126D

square

#6D1712 #3A6D12 #12686D #45126D

split-complementary

#6D1712 #126D45 #123A6D

monochromatic

#1A0604 #380C09 #6D1712 #A2221B #D62D23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#6D1712 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#6D1712 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D1712

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D1712	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D1712	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)

#312C10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473E0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#790017

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d1712;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 23, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.121 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c50',
    500: '#6d1712',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d1712;
$custom-light: #9e5c50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d1712",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.297,
    "s": 71.654,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35365,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D1712

secondary

#379EA4

accent

#E4EE39

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D1712

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

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