#6E172B#6E172B

#6E172B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.120 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E172B
RGB	rgb(110, 23, 43)
HSL	hsl(346, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(346, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 60.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.01, 38.85, 10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.01, 40.28, 15.35°)
OKLab	oklab(36.02% 0.1172 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(36.02% 0.12 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1736, 4.1032, 2.6993)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E172B #176E5A

analogous

#6E1756 #6E172B #6E2E17

triadic

#6E172B #2B6E17 #172B6E

tetradic

#6E172B #566E17 #176E5A #2E176E

square

#6E172B #566E17 #176E5A #2E176E

split-complementary

#6E172B #176E2E #17566E

monochromatic

#19050A #3B0C17 #6E172B #A1223F #D32C53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#6E172B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#6E172B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E172B

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E172B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E172B	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e172b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 23, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.120 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d5d64',
    500: '#6e172b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e172b;
$custom-light: #9d5d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e172b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.207,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36019,
    "c": 0.12014,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E172B

secondary

#3DA48C

accent

#E8C23F

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9EA

border

#CEC5C6

text

#0F0405

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E172B

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

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