#6D221B#6D221B

#6D221B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.108 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D221B
RGB	rgb(109, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 75.2%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.18, 32.83, 22.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.18, 39.95, 34.74°)
OKLab	oklab(36.76% 0.0948 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(36.76% 0.108 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0773, 4.4754, 1.5279)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D221B #1B666D

analogous

#6D1B3D #6D221B #6D4B1B

triadic

#6D221B #1B6D22 #221B6D

tetradic

#6D221B #3D6D1B #1B666D #4B1B6D

square

#6D221B #3D6D1B #1B666D #4B1B6D

split-complementary

#6D221B #1B6D4B #1B3D6D

monochromatic

#190806 #3C130F #6D221B #9E3127 #CD4235

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#6D221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#6D221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D221B

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D221B	1.00	11.08	1.89	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37311A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#780E21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.108 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d6157',
    500: '#6d221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d221b;
$custom-light: #9d6157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.122,
    "s": 60.294,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36761,
    "c": 0.10805,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D221B

secondary

#429AA2

accent

#D6E344

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4EAE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D221B

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

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