#6D2317#6D2317

#6D2317 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.108 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D2317
RGB	rgb(109, 35, 23)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 78.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.31, 32.15, 25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.31, 40.97, 38.30°)
OKLab	oklab(36.84% 0.0918 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(36.84% 0.108 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0631, 4.5161, 1.3102)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D2317 #17616D

analogous

#6D1736 #6D2317 #6D4E17

triadic

#6D2317 #176D23 #23176D

tetradic

#6D2317 #366D17 #17616D #4E176D

square

#6D2317 #366D17 #17616D #4E176D

split-complementary

#6D2317 #176D4E #17366D

monochromatic

#190805 #3A130C #6D2317 #A03322 #D2432C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#6D2317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#6D2317 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D2317

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D2317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D2317	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#780F21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d2317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 35, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.108 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d6254',
    500: '#6d2317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d2317;
$custom-light: #9d6254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d2317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.372,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36838,
    "c": 0.10784,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D2317

secondary

#3D95A3

accent

#D1E840

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4EAE7

border

#CEC6C3

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D2317

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

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