#6E1520#6E1520

#6E1520 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.122 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E1520
RGB	rgb(110, 21, 32)
HSL	hsl(353, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(353, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 70.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.53, 38.81, 17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.53, 42.59, 24.33°)
OKLab	oklab(35.59% 0.1147 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(35.59% 0.122 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9601, 3.9567, 1.7635)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6E1520 #156E63

analogous

#6E154C #6E1520 #6E3615

triadic

#6E1520 #206E15 #15206E

tetradic

#6E1520 #4C6E15 #156E63 #36156E

square

#6E1520 #4C6E15 #156E63 #36156E

split-complementary

#6E1520 #156E36 #154C6E

monochromatic

#1A0507 #3B0B11 #6E1520 #A11F2F #D5293E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#6E1520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#6E1520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E1520

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E1520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E1520	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e1520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 21, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.122 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c5b',
    500: '#6e1520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e1520;
$custom-light: #9e5c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e1520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.584,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35587,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E1520

secondary

#3AA497

accent

#EBD53D

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100404

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E1520

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

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