#6E1716#6E1716

#6E1716 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.121 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E1716
RGB	rgb(110, 23, 22)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(1, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 80%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.63, 37.59, 24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.63, 44.73, 32.81°)
OKLab	oklab(35.61% 0.1085 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(35.61% 0.121 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8824, 3.9868, 1.1660)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E1716 #166D6E

analogous

#6E1641 #6E1716 #6E4316

triadic

#6E1716 #166E17 #17166E

tetradic

#6E1716 #416E16 #166D6E #43166E

square

#6E1716 #416E16 #166D6E #43166E

split-complementary

#6E1716 #166E43 #16416E

monochromatic

#1A0505 #3B0C0C #6E1716 #A12220 #D42C2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#6E1716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#6E1716 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E1716

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E1716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E1716	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473F13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A0018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e1716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 23, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.121 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f5c53',
    500: '#6e1716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e1716;
$custom-light: #9f5c53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e1716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.682,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35612,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E1716

secondary

#3CA3A4

accent

#E8EA3E

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E1716

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

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