#6E1525#6E1525

#6E1525 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.122 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E1525
RGB	rgb(110, 21, 37)
HSL	hsl(349, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(349, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 66.4%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.63, 39.12, 14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.63, 41.64, 20.04°)
OKLab	oklab(35.69% 0.1169 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(35.69% 0.122 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0332, 3.9860, 2.1489)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E1525 #156E5E

analogous

#6E1551 #6E1525 #6E3115

triadic

#6E1525 #256E15 #15256E

tetradic

#6E1525 #516E15 #156E5E #31156E

square

#6E1525 #516E15 #156E5E #31156E

split-complementary

#6E1525 #156E31 #15516E

monochromatic

#1A0509 #3B0B14 #6E1525 #A11F36 #D52948

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#6E1525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#6E1525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E1525

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E1525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E1525	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e1525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 21, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.122 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c5f',
    500: '#6e1525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e1525;
$custom-light: #9e5c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e1525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.213,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35691,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E1525

secondary

#3AA491

accent

#EBCC3D

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#0F0404

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E1525

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

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