#6E1712#6E1712

#6E1712 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.122 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E1712
RGB	rgb(110, 23, 18)
HSL	hsl(3, 72%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(3, 84%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 83.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.58, 37.44, 26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.58, 45.96, 35.46°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.1071 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.122 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8468, 3.9725, 0.9784)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E1712 #12696E

analogous

#6E123B #6E1712 #6E4512

triadic

#6E1712 #126E17 #17126E

tetradic

#6E1712 #3B6E12 #12696E #45126E

square

#6E1712 #3B6E12 #12696E #45126E

split-complementary

#6E1712 #126E45 #123B6E

monochromatic

#1A0504 #390C09 #6E1712 #A3221B #D72D23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#6E1712 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#6E1712 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E1712

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E1712	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E1712	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322C10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473F0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A0017

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e1712;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 23, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.122 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f5c50',
    500: '#6e1712',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e1712;
$custom-light: #9f5c50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e1712",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.261,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35562,
    "c": 0.12165,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E1712

secondary

#379FA5

accent

#E5EF39

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E1712

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

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