#6D281C#6D281C

#6D281C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.101 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D281C
RGB	rgb(109, 40, 28)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(9, 74%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 74.3%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.31, 29.91, 23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.31, 38.00, 38.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.61% 0.0859 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(37.61% 0.101 32)
XYZ	xyz(7.2758, 4.8536, 1.6521)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D281C #1C616D

analogous

#6D1C39 #6D281C #6D511C

triadic

#6D281C #1C6D28 #281C6D

tetradic

#6D281C #396D1C #1C616D #511C6D

square

#6D281C #396D1C #1C616D #511C6D

split-complementary

#6D281C #1C6D51 #1C396D

monochromatic

#180906 #3C160F #6D281C #9E3A29 #CC4E38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#6D281C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#6D281C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D281C

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D281C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D281C	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)

#3B351A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C441A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#781925

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d281c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 40, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.101 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d6558',
    500: '#6d281c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d281c;
$custom-light: #9d6558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d281c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 59.124,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37615,
    "c": 0.10122,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.04853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D281C

secondary

#4394A2

accent

#CBE245

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D281C

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

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