#6E1812#6E1812

#6E1812 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.121 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E1812
RGB	rgb(110, 24, 18)
HSL	hsl(4, 72%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(4, 84%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 83.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.71, 37.06, 26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.71, 45.74, 35.87°)
OKLab	oklab(35.66% 0.1059 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(35.66% 0.121 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8670, 4.0130, 0.9852)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E1812 #12686E

analogous

#6E123A #6E1812 #6E4612

triadic

#6E1812 #126E18 #18126E

tetradic

#6E1812 #3A6E12 #12686E #46126E

square

#6E1812 #3A6E12 #12686E #46126E

split-complementary

#6E1812 #126E46 #123A6E

monochromatic

#1A0604 #390D09 #6E1812 #A3231B #D72F23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#6E1812 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#6E1812 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E1812

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E1812	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E1812	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)

#322C10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473F0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A0018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e1812;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 24, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.121 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f5c50',
    500: '#6e1812',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e1812;
$custom-light: #9f5c50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e1812",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.913,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35662,
    "c": 0.12076,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E1812

secondary

#379EA5

accent

#E3EF39

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E1812

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

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