#6D221C#6D221C

#6D221C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.108 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D221C
RGB	rgb(109, 34, 28)
HSL	hsl(4, 59%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 74.3%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.20, 32.89, 22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.20, 39.65, 33.96°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0952 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.108 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0891, 4.4801, 1.5898)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D221C #1C676D

analogous

#6D1C3F #6D221C #6D4B1C

triadic

#6D221C #1C6D22 #221C6D

tetradic

#6D221C #3F6D1C #1C676D #4B1C6D

square

#6D221C #3F6D1C #1C676D #4B1C6D

split-complementary

#6D221C #1C6D4B #1C3F6D

monochromatic

#180806 #3C130F #6D221C #9E3129 #CC4338

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#6D221C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#6D221C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D221C

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D221C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D221C	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37311B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49421A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#780F21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d221c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 34, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.108 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d6158',
    500: '#6d221c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d221c;
$custom-light: #9d6158;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d221c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.444,
    "s": 59.124,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36776,
    "c": 0.10785,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D221C

secondary

#439BA2

accent

#D7E245

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4EAE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D221C

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

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