#6D172A#6D172A

#6D172A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.119 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D172A
RGB	rgb(109, 23, 42)
HSL	hsl(347, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(347, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 61.5%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.78, 38.44, 11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.78, 39.99, 15.97°)
OKLab	oklab(35.8% 0.1158 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(35.8% 0.119 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0317, 4.0322, 2.5981)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D172A #176D5A

analogous

#6D1755 #6D172A #6D2F17

triadic

#6D172A #2A6D17 #172A6D

tetradic

#6D172A #556D17 #176D5A #2F176D

square

#6D172A #556D17 #176D5A #2F176D

split-complementary

#6D172A #176D2F #17556D

monochromatic

#19050A #3A0C17 #6D172A #A0223D #D22C51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#6D172A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#6D172A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D172A

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D172A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D172A	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d172a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 23, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.119 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c5c63',
    500: '#6d172a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d172a;
$custom-light: #9c5c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d172a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.744,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35802,
    "c": 0.119,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D172A

secondary

#3DA38C

accent

#E8C340

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9EA

border

#CEC5C6

text

#0F0405

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D172A

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

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