#6D171C#6D171C

#6D171C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.119 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D171C
RGB	rgb(109, 23, 28)
HSL	hsl(357, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 74.3%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.50, 37.54, 20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.50, 42.60, 28.22°)
OKLab	oklab(35.51% 0.1099 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(35.51% 0.119 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8234, 3.9489, 1.5013)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D171C #176D68

analogous

#6D1747 #6D171C #6D3D17

triadic

#6D171C #1C6D17 #171C6D

tetradic

#6D171C #476D17 #176D68 #3D176D

square

#6D171C #476D17 #176D68 #3D176D

split-complementary

#6D171C #176D3D #17476D

monochromatic

#190506 #3A0C0F #6D171C #A02229 #D22C36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#6D171C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#6D171C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D171C

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D171C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D171C	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d171c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 23, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.119 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c58',
    500: '#6d171c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d171c;
$custom-light: #9e5c58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d171c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.512,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35508,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D171C

secondary

#3DA39D

accent

#E8DE40

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D171C

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

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