#6E1617#6E1617

#6E1617 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.122 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E1617
RGB	rgb(110, 22, 23)
HSL	hsl(359, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(359, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 79.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.51, 38.00, 23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.51, 44.67, 31.71°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.11 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.122 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8728, 3.9518, 1.2113)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E1617 #166E6D

analogous

#6E1643 #6E1617 #6E4116

triadic

#6E1617 #176E16 #16176E

tetradic

#6E1617 #436E16 #166E6D #41166E

square

#6E1617 #436E16 #166E6D #41166E

split-complementary

#6E1617 #166E41 #16436E

monochromatic

#1A0505 #3B0C0C #6E1617 #A12022 #D42A2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#6E1617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#6E1617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E1617

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E1617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E1617	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473F14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A0018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e1617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 22, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.122 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f5c54',
    500: '#6e1617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e1617;
$custom-light: #9f5c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e1617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.318,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3553,
    "c": 0.12183,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E1617

secondary

#3CA4A3

accent

#EAE83E

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E1617

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

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