#6D1817#6D1817

#6D1817 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.119 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D1817
RGB	rgb(109, 24, 23)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(1, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 78.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.56, 36.92, 23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.56, 43.75, 32.45°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.1067 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.119 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7888, 3.9674, 1.2188)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D1817 #176C6D

analogous

#6D1741 #6D1817 #6D4317

triadic

#6D1817 #176D18 #18176D

tetradic

#6D1817 #416D17 #176C6D #43176D

square

#6D1817 #416D17 #176C6D #43176D

split-complementary

#6D1817 #176D43 #17416D

monochromatic

#190605 #3A0D0C #6D1817 #A02322 #D22E2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#6D1817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#6D1817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D1817

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D1817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D1817	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)

#312C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#790019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d1817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 24, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.119 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c54',
    500: '#6d1817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d1817;
$custom-light: #9e5c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d1817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.698,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3553,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D1817

secondary

#3DA2A3

accent

#E6E840

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D1817

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

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