#6E171F#6E171F

#6E171F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.120 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E171F
RGB	rgb(110, 23, 31)
HSL	hsl(354, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(354, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 71.8%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.76, 38.04, 18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.76, 42.31, 25.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.76% 0.112 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(35.76% 0.12 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9849, 4.0278, 1.7057)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E171F #176E66

analogous

#6E174A #6E171F #6E3A17

triadic

#6E171F #1F6E17 #171F6E

tetradic

#6E171F #4A6E17 #176E66 #3A176E

square

#6E171F #4A6E17 #176E66 #3A176E

split-complementary

#6E171F #176E3A #174A6E

monochromatic

#190507 #3B0C11 #6E171F #A1222D #D32C3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#6E171F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#6E171F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E171F

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E171F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E171F	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e171f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 23, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.120 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c5a',
    500: '#6e171f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e171f;
$custom-light: #9e5c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e171f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.483,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35756,
    "c": 0.12008,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E171F

secondary

#3DA49A

accent

#E8D93F

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E171F

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

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