#6D171D#6D171D

#6D171D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.119 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D171D
RGB	rgb(109, 23, 29)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 73.4%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.52, 37.59, 19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.52, 42.35, 27.42°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.1103 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.119 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8356, 3.9538, 1.5654)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D171D #176D67

analogous

#6D1748 #6D171D #6D3C17

triadic

#6D171D #1D6D17 #171D6D

tetradic

#6D171D #486D17 #176D67 #3C176D

square

#6D171D #486D17 #176D67 #3C176D

split-complementary

#6D171D #176D3C #17486D

monochromatic

#190507 #3A0C10 #6D171D #A0222A #D22C38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#6D171D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#6D171D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D171D

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D171D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D171D	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)

#302C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d171d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 23, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.119 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c59',
    500: '#6d171d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d171d;
$custom-light: #9e5c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d171d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.814,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35525,
    "c": 0.11916,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D171D

secondary

#3DA39C

accent

#E8DC40

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D171D

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

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