#6D2217#6D2217

#6D2217 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.109 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D2217
RGB	rgb(109, 34, 23)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 78.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.13, 32.63, 25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.13, 41.23, 37.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.7% 0.0932 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(36.7% 0.109 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0341, 4.4581, 1.3006)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D2217 #17626D

analogous

#6D1737 #6D2217 #6D4D17

triadic

#6D2217 #176D22 #22176D

tetradic

#6D2217 #376D17 #17626D #4D176D

square

#6D2217 #376D17 #17626D #4D176D

split-complementary

#6D2217 #176D4D #17376D

monochromatic

#190805 #3A120C #6D2217 #A03222 #D2422C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#6D2217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#6D2217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D2217

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D2217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D2217	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#780D20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d2217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 34, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.109 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d6154',
    500: '#6d2217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d2217;
$custom-light: #9d6154;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d2217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.674,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36704,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D2217

secondary

#3D96A3

accent

#D3E840

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4EAE7

border

#CEC6C3

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D2217

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

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