#6D281D#6D281D

#6D281D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.101 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D281D
RGB	rgb(109, 40, 29)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 73.4%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 29.97, 22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 37.68, 37.30°)
OKLab	oklab(37.63% 0.0862 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(37.63% 0.101 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2880, 4.8585, 1.7162)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D281D #1D626D

analogous

#6D1D3A #6D281D #6D501D

triadic

#6D281D #1D6D28 #281D6D

tetradic

#6D281D #3A6D1D #1D626D #501D6D

square

#6D281D #3A6D1D #1D626D #501D6D

split-complementary

#6D281D #1D6D50 #1D3A6D

monochromatic

#180906 #3D1610 #6D281D #9D3A2A #CB4E3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#6D281D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#6D281D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D281D

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D281D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D281D	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B351C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C441B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#781926

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d281d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 40, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.101 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d6559',
    500: '#6d281d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d281d;
$custom-light: #9d6559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d281d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.25,
    "s": 57.971,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37631,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D281D

secondary

#4495A2

accent

#CCE147

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D281D

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

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