#6D171F#6D171F

#6D171F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.119 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D171F
RGB	rgb(109, 23, 31)
HSL	hsl(354, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(354, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 71.6%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.55, 37.70, 18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.55, 41.87, 25.77°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.1111 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.119 21)
XYZ	xyz(6.8611, 3.9640, 1.6999)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D171F #176D65

analogous

#6D174A #6D171F #6D3A17

triadic

#6D171F #1F6D17 #171F6D

tetradic

#6D171F #4A6D17 #176D65 #3A176D

square

#6D171F #4A6D17 #176D65 #3A176D

split-complementary

#6D171F #176D3A #174A6D

monochromatic

#190507 #3A0C11 #6D171F #A0222D #D22C3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#6D171F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#6D171F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D171F

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D171F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D171F	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d171f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 23, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.119 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d5c5a',
    500: '#6d171f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d171f;
$custom-light: #9d5c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d171f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.419,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35561,
    "c": 0.11899,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.03963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D171F

secondary

#3DA399

accent

#E8D840

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D171F

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

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