#6E1417#6E1417

#6E1417 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.124 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E1417
RGB	rgb(110, 20, 23)
HSL	hsl(358, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(358, 82%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.8%, 79.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.27, 38.69, 23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.27, 45.11, 30.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.35% 0.1122 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(35.35% 0.124 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8360, 3.8783, 1.1991)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E1417 #146E6B

analogous

#6E1444 #6E1417 #6E3E14

triadic

#6E1417 #176E14 #14176E

tetradic

#6E1417 #446E14 #146E6B #3E146E

square

#6E1417 #446E14 #146E6B #3E146E

split-complementary

#6E1417 #146E3E #14446E

monochromatic

#1A0505 #3A0B0C #6E1417 #A21D22 #D6272D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#6E1417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#6E1417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E1417

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E1417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E1417	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A0016

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e1417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 20, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.124 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f5b54',
    500: '#6e1417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e1417;
$custom-light: #9f5b54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e1417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35347,
    "c": 0.12355,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E1417

secondary

#39A5A1

accent

#ECE63C

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E1417

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

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