#6E161E#6E161E

#6E161E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.121 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E161E
RGB	rgb(110, 22, 30)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 72.7%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 38.34, 19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 42.79, 26.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.64% 0.1128 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(35.64% 0.121 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9524, 3.9836, 1.6309)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E161E #166E66

analogous

#6E164A #6E161E #6E3A16

triadic

#6E161E #1E6E16 #161E6E

tetradic

#6E161E #4A6E16 #166E66 #3A166E

square

#6E161E #4A6E16 #166E66 #3A166E

split-complementary

#6E161E #166E3A #164A6E

monochromatic

#1A0507 #3B0C10 #6E161E #A1202C #D42A3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#6E161E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#6E161E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E161E

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E161E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E161E	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)

#302C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e161e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 22, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.121 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c59',
    500: '#6e161e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e161e;
$custom-light: #9e5c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e161e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35642,
    "c": 0.1211,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E161E

secondary

#3CA49B

accent

#EADA3E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E161E

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