#6E161B#6E161B

#6E161B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.121 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E161B
RGB	rgb(110, 22, 27)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 75.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, 38.19, 20.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 43.55, 28.74°)
OKLab	oklab(35.59% 0.1115 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(35.59% 0.121 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9159, 3.9690, 1.4386)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E161B #166E69

analogous

#6E1647 #6E161B #6E3D16

triadic

#6E161B #1B6E16 #161B6E

tetradic

#6E161B #476E16 #166E69 #3D166E

square

#6E161B #476E16 #166E69 #3D166E

split-complementary

#6E161B #166E3D #16476E

monochromatic

#1A0506 #3B0C0E #6E161B #A12028 #D42A34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#6E161B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#6E161B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E161B

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E161B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E161B	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e161b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 22, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.121 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f5c57',
    500: '#6e161b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e161b;
$custom-light: #9f5c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e161b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.591,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35591,
    "c": 0.12136,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E161B

secondary

#3CA49E

accent

#EAE03E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E161B

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

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