#6E1511#6E1511

#6E1511 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.124 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E1511
RGB	rgb(110, 21, 17)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(3, 85%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 84.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 38.12, 26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 46.70, 35.30°)
OKLab	oklab(35.36% 0.109 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(35.36% 0.124 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8006, 3.8929, 0.9235)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6E1511 #116A6E

analogous

#6E113B #6E1511 #6E4411

triadic

#6E1511 #116E15 #15116E

tetradic

#6E1511 #3B6E11 #116A6E #44116E

square

#6E1511 #3B6E11 #116A6E #44116E

split-complementary

#6E1511 #116E44 #113B6E

monochromatic

#1B0504 #390B09 #6E1511 #A31F19 #D82921

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#6E1511 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#6E1511 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E1511

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E1511	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E1511	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312B0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473F0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A0015

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e1511;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 21, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.124 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f5b4f',
    500: '#6e1511',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e1511;
$custom-light: #9f5b4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e1511",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.581,
    "s": 73.228,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3536,
    "c": 0.12351,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E1511

secondary

#35A1A5

accent

#E8F038

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E1511

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

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