#6D271B#6D271B

#6D271B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.103 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D271B
RGB	rgb(109, 39, 27)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 75.2%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 30.37, 23.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 38.60, 38.11°)
OKLab	oklab(37.45% 0.0871 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(37.45% 0.103 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2308, 4.7824, 1.5790)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D271B #1B616D

analogous

#6D1B38 #6D271B #6D501B

triadic

#6D271B #1B6D27 #271B6D

tetradic

#6D271B #386D1B #1B616D #501B6D

square

#6D271B #386D1B #1B616D #501B6D

split-complementary

#6D271B #1B6D50 #1B386D

monochromatic

#190906 #3C150F #6D271B #9E3927 #CD4C35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#6D271B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#6D271B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D271B

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D271B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D271B	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#781725

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d271b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 39, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.103 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d6458',
    500: '#6d271b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d271b;
$custom-light: #9d6458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d271b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.78,
    "s": 60.294,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37454,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D271B

secondary

#4294A2

accent

#CCE344

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D271B

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

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