#6E1523#6E1523

#6E1523 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.122 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E1523
RGB	rgb(110, 21, 35)
HSL	hsl(351, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(351, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 68.2%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.58, 38.99, 15.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.58, 41.99, 21.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.116 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.122 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0027, 3.9737, 1.9881)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E1523 #156E60

analogous

#6E154F #6E1523 #6E3315

triadic

#6E1523 #236E15 #15236E

tetradic

#6E1523 #4F6E15 #156E60 #33156E

square

#6E1523 #4F6E15 #156E60 #33156E

split-complementary

#6E1523 #156E33 #154F6E

monochromatic

#1A0508 #3B0B13 #6E1523 #A11F33 #D52944

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#6E1523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#6E1523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E1523

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E1523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E1523	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e1523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 21, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.122 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c5d',
    500: '#6e1523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e1523;
$custom-light: #9e5c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e1523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.562,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35648,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E1523

secondary

#3AA494

accent

#EBCF3D

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100404

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E1523

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

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