#6E171D#6E171D

#6E171D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.120 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E171D
RGB	rgb(110, 23, 29)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 73.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.73, 37.93, 19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.73, 42.79, 27.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.72% 0.1112 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(35.72% 0.12 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9594, 4.0176, 1.5712)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E171D #176E68

analogous

#6E1748 #6E171D #6E3C17

triadic

#6E171D #1D6E17 #171D6E

tetradic

#6E171D #486E17 #176E68 #3C176E

square

#6E171D #486E17 #176E68 #3C176E

split-complementary

#6E171D #176E3C #17486E

monochromatic

#190507 #3B0C10 #6E171D #A1222A #D32C38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#6E171D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#6E171D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E171D

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E171D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E171D	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)

#312D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e171d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 23, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.120 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c59',
    500: '#6e171d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e171d;
$custom-light: #9e5c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e171d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.862,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35721,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E171D

secondary

#3DA49D

accent

#E8DD3F

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E171D

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