#6D281B#6D281B

#6D281B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.101 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D281B
RGB	rgb(109, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 75.2%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.30, 29.86, 24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.30, 38.34, 38.84°)
OKLab	oklab(37.6% 0.0855 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.101 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2640, 4.8489, 1.5901)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D281B #1B606D

analogous

#6D1B37 #6D281B #6D511B

triadic

#6D281B #1B6D28 #281B6D

tetradic

#6D281B #376D1B #1B606D #511B6D

square

#6D281B #376D1B #1B606D #511B6D

split-complementary

#6D281B #1B6D51 #1B376D

monochromatic

#190906 #3C160F #6D281B #9E3A27 #CD4D35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#6D281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#6D281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D281B

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D281B	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#781825

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.101 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d6558',
    500: '#6d281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d281b;
$custom-light: #9d6558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.512,
    "s": 60.294,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37601,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D281B

secondary

#4293A2

accent

#CAE344

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D281B

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

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