#6E172C#6E172C

#6E172C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.120 H 12.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E172C
RGB	rgb(110, 23, 44)
HSL	hsl(346, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(346, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 60%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.03, 38.92, 10.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.03, 40.19, 14.42°)
OKLab	oklab(36.05% 0.1176 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(36.05% 0.12 12)
XYZ	xyz(7.1921, 4.1107, 2.7971)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E172C #176E59

analogous

#6E1757 #6E172C #6E2D17

triadic

#6E172C #2C6E17 #172C6E

tetradic

#6E172C #576E17 #176E59 #2D176E

square

#6E172C #576E17 #176E59 #2D176E

split-complementary

#6E172C #176E2D #17576E

monochromatic

#19050A #3B0C18 #6E172C #A12240 #D32C55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#6E172C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#6E172C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E172C

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E172C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E172C	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45402A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#790020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e172c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 23, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.120 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d5d64',
    500: '#6e172c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e172c;
$custom-light: #9d5d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e172c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.517,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36045,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.0411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E172C

secondary

#3DA48B

accent

#E8C03F

background

#FAF5F6

surface

#F4E9EB

border

#CEC5C6

text

#0F0505

muted

#7F797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E172C

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

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