#6E161D#6E161D

#6E161D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.121 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E161D
RGB	rgb(110, 22, 29)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 73.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.60, 38.29, 19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.60, 43.04, 27.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.63% 0.1123 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(35.63% 0.121 22)
XYZ	xyz(6.9399, 3.9786, 1.5647)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E161D #166E67

analogous

#6E1649 #6E161D #6E3B16

triadic

#6E161D #1D6E16 #161D6E

tetradic

#6E161D #496E16 #166E67 #3B166E

square

#6E161D #496E16 #166E67 #3B166E

split-complementary

#6E161D #166E3B #16496E

monochromatic

#1A0507 #3B0C10 #6E161D #A1202A #D42A38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#6E161D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#6E161D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E161D

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E161D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E161D	1.00	11.70	1.80	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e161d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 22, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.121 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c58',
    500: '#6e161d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e161d;
$custom-light: #9e5c58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e161d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.227,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35625,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.03978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E161D

secondary

#3CA49C

accent

#EADC3E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E161D

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

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