#6E151B#6E151B

#6E151B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.122 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E151B
RGB	rgb(110, 21, 27)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 75.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.44, 38.54, 20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.44, 43.79, 28.35°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.1126 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.122 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8972, 3.9315, 1.4324)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6E151B #156E68

analogous

#6E1547 #6E151B #6E3B15

triadic

#6E151B #1B6E15 #151B6E

tetradic

#6E151B #476E15 #156E68 #3B156E

square

#6E151B #476E15 #156E68 #3B156E

split-complementary

#6E151B #156E3B #15476E

monochromatic

#1A0506 #3B0B0E #6E151B #A11F28 #D52934

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#6E151B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#6E151B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E151B

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E151B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E151B	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A0018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e151b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 21, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.122 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f5b57',
    500: '#6e151b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e151b;
$custom-light: #9f5b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e151b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.955,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35498,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E151B

secondary

#3AA49D

accent

#EBDF3D

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E151B

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

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