#6E171B#6E171B

#6E171B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.120 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E171B
RGB	rgb(110, 23, 27)
HSL	hsl(357, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 75.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.70, 37.83, 21.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.70, 43.31, 29.15°)
OKLab	oklab(35.69% 0.1104 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(35.69% 0.12 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9354, 4.0080, 1.4451)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E171B #176E6A

analogous

#6E1746 #6E171B #6E3E17

triadic

#6E171B #1B6E17 #171B6E

tetradic

#6E171B #466E17 #176E6A #3E176E

square

#6E171B #466E17 #176E6A #3E176E

split-complementary

#6E171B #176E3E #17466E

monochromatic

#190506 #3B0C0F #6E171B #A12227 #D32C34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#6E171B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#6E171B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E171B

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E171B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E171B	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)

#312C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e171b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 23, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.120 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f5c57',
    500: '#6e171b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e171b;
$custom-light: #9f5c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e171b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.241,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35687,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E171B

secondary

#3DA49F

accent

#E8E13F

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E171B

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

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