#6E171A#6E171A

#6E171A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.121 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E171A
RGB	rgb(110, 23, 26)
HSL	hsl(358, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(358, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 76.4%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.68, 37.78, 21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.68, 43.58, 29.91°)
OKLab	oklab(35.67% 0.11 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(35.67% 0.121 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9241, 4.0034, 1.3852)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E171A #176E6B

analogous

#6E1745 #6E171A #6E3F17

triadic

#6E171A #1A6E17 #171A6E

tetradic

#6E171A #456E17 #176E6B #3F176E

square

#6E171A #456E17 #176E6B #3F176E

split-complementary

#6E171A #176E3F #17456E

monochromatic

#190506 #3B0C0E #6E171A #A12226 #D32C32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#6E171A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#6E171A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E171A

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E171A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E171A	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473F17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e171a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 23, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.121 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f5c56',
    500: '#6e171a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e171a;
$custom-light: #9f5c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e171a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.931,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35671,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E171A

secondary

#3DA4A0

accent

#E8E33F

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E171A

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

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