#6D171A#6D171A

#6D171A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.119 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D171A
RGB	rgb(109, 23, 26)
HSL	hsl(358, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(358, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 76.1%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.47, 37.44, 21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.47, 43.14, 29.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.48% 0.1091 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(35.48% 0.119 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8003, 3.9396, 1.3794)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D171A #176D6A

analogous

#6D1745 #6D171A #6D3F17

triadic

#6D171A #1A6D17 #171A6D

tetradic

#6D171A #456D17 #176D6A #3F176D

square

#6D171A #456D17 #176D6A #3F176D

split-complementary

#6D171A #176D3F #17456D

monochromatic

#190506 #3A0C0E #6D171A #A02226 #D22C32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#6D171A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#6D171A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D171A

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D171A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D171A	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#780019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d171a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 23, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.119 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c56',
    500: '#6d171a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d171a;
$custom-light: #9e5c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d171a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.907,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35475,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D171A

secondary

#3DA39F

accent

#E8E240

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D171A

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

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