#6D271C#6D271C

#6D271C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.102 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D271C
RGB	rgb(109, 39, 28)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 74.3%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.12, 30.43, 23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.12, 38.27, 37.35°)
OKLab	oklab(37.47% 0.0875 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(37.47% 0.102 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2425, 4.7871, 1.6410)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D271C #1C626D

analogous

#6D1C3A #6D271C #6D501C

triadic

#6D271C #1C6D27 #271C6D

tetradic

#6D271C #3A6D1C #1C626D #501C6D

square

#6D271C #3A6D1C #1C626D #501C6D

split-complementary

#6D271C #1C6D50 #1C3A6D

monochromatic

#180906 #3C160F #6D271C #9E3829 #CC4C38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#6D271C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#6D271C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D271C

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D271C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D271C	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A341B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B441A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#781725

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d271c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 39, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.102 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d6458',
    500: '#6d271c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d271c;
$custom-light: #9d6458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d271c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.148,
    "s": 59.124,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37469,
    "c": 0.10232,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D271C

secondary

#4395A2

accent

#CDE245

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D271C

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

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