#6E171E#6E171E

#6E171E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.120 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E171E
RGB	rgb(110, 23, 30)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 72.7%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.75, 37.98, 19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.75, 42.54, 26.77°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.1116 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.12 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9719, 4.0226, 1.6374)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E171E #176E67

analogous

#6E1749 #6E171E #6E3B17

triadic

#6E171E #1E6E17 #171E6E

tetradic

#6E171E #496E17 #176E67 #3B176E

square

#6E171E #496E17 #176E67 #3B176E

split-complementary

#6E171E #176E3B #17496E

monochromatic

#190507 #3B0C10 #6E171E #A1222C #D32C3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#6E171E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#6E171E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E171E

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E171E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E171E	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e171e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 23, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.120 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c59',
    500: '#6e171e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e171e;
$custom-light: #9e5c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e171e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.172,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35738,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E171E

secondary

#3DA49C

accent

#E8DB3F

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E171E

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