#6E1517#6E1517

#6E1517 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.123 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E1517
RGB	rgb(110, 21, 23)
HSL	hsl(359, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(359, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 79.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.39, 38.35, 23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.39, 44.89, 31.32°)
OKLab	oklab(35.44% 0.1111 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(35.44% 0.123 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8540, 3.9143, 1.2051)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6E1517 #156E6C

analogous

#6E1543 #6E1517 #6E3F15

triadic

#6E1517 #176E15 #15176E

tetradic

#6E1517 #436E15 #156E6C #3F156E

square

#6E1517 #436E15 #156E6C #3F156E

split-complementary

#6E1517 #156E3F #15436E

monochromatic

#1A0505 #3B0B0C #6E1517 #A11F22 #D5292C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#6E1517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#6E1517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E1517

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E1517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E1517	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A0017

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e1517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 21, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.123 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f5b54',
    500: '#6e1517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e1517;
$custom-light: #9f5b54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e1517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.652,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35437,
    "c": 0.1227,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E1517

secondary

#3AA4A2

accent

#EBE73D

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E1517

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

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