#6E170F#6E170F

#6E170F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.122 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E170F
RGB	rgb(110, 23, 15)
HSL	hsl(5, 76%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(5, 86%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 86.4%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.55, 37.34, 28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.55, 46.87, 37.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.1061 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.122 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8239, 3.9634, 0.8575)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E170F #0F666E

analogous

#6E0F36 #6E170F #6E470F

triadic

#6E170F #0F6E17 #170F6E

tetradic

#6E170F #366E0F #0F666E #470F6E

square

#6E170F #366E0F #0F666E #470F6E

split-complementary

#6E170F #0F6E47 #0F366E

monochromatic

#1B0604 #380C08 #6E170F #A42216 #DA2E1E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#6E170F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#6E170F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E170F

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E170F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E170F	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322C0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473F0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A0016

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e170f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 23, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.122 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a05c4e',
    500: '#6e170f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e170f;
$custom-light: #a05c4e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e170f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.053,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3553,
    "c": 0.1221,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E170F

secondary

#339CA6

accent

#E3F335

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100401

muted

#7F7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E170F

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

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