#6D171E#6D171E

#6D171E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.119 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D171E
RGB	rgb(109, 23, 30)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 72.5%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.53, 37.65, 18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.53, 42.11, 26.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.54% 0.1107 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(35.54% 0.119 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8482, 3.9588, 1.6316)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D171E #176D66

analogous

#6D1749 #6D171E #6D3B17

triadic

#6D171E #1E6D17 #171E6D

tetradic

#6D171E #496D17 #176D66 #3B176D

square

#6D171E #496D17 #176D66 #3B176D

split-complementary

#6D171E #176D3B #17496D

monochromatic

#190507 #3A0C10 #6D171E #A0222C #D22C3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#6D171E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#6D171E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D171E

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D171E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D171E	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d171e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 23, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.119 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d5c59',
    500: '#6d171e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d171e;
$custom-light: #9d5c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d171e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.116,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35543,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D171E

secondary

#3DA39B

accent

#E8DA40

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D171E

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