#6D2117#6D2117

#6D2117 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.110 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D2117
RGB	rgb(109, 33, 23)
HSL	hsl(7, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 78.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.96, 33.10, 25.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.96, 41.49, 37.07°)
OKLab	oklab(36.57% 0.0947 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(36.57% 0.11 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0060, 4.4018, 1.2912)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D2117 #17636D

analogous

#6D1738 #6D2117 #6D4C17

triadic

#6D2117 #176D21 #21176D

tetradic

#6D2117 #386D17 #17636D #4C176D

square

#6D2117 #386D17 #17636D #4C176D

split-complementary

#6D2117 #176D4C #17386D

monochromatic

#190805 #3A120C #6D2117 #A03022 #D2402C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#6D2117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#6D2117 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D2117

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D2117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D2117	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494114

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#780B1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d2117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 33, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.110 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d6154',
    500: '#6d2117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d2117;
$custom-light: #9d6154;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d2117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.977,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36573,
    "c": 0.10993,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D2117

secondary

#3D97A3

accent

#D5E840

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4EAE7

border

#CEC6C3

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D2117

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

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