#6E171C#6E171C

#6E171C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.120 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E171C
RGB	rgb(110, 23, 28)
HSL	hsl(357, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 74.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.71, 37.88, 20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.71, 43.05, 28.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.7% 0.1108 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(35.7% 0.12 23)
XYZ	xyz(6.9472, 4.0127, 1.5071)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E171C #176E69

analogous

#6E1747 #6E171C #6E3D17

triadic

#6E171C #1C6E17 #171C6E

tetradic

#6E171C #476E17 #176E69 #3D176E

square

#6E171C #476E17 #176E69 #3D176E

split-complementary

#6E171C #176E3D #17476E

monochromatic

#190506 #3B0C0F #6E171C #A12229 #D32C36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#6E171C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#6E171C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E171C

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E171C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E171C	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e171c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 23, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.120 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c58',
    500: '#6e171c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e171c;
$custom-light: #9e5c58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e171c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.552,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35703,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.04012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E171C

secondary

#3DA49E

accent

#E8DF3F

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E171C

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

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