#6E1817#6E1817

#6E1817 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.120 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E1817
RGB	rgb(110, 24, 23)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(1, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 79.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.77, 37.27, 23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.77, 44.20, 32.53°)
OKLab	oklab(35.73% 0.1077 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(35.73% 0.12 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9125, 4.0312, 1.2246)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E1817 #176D6E

analogous

#6E1741 #6E1817 #6E4317

triadic

#6E1817 #176E18 #18176E

tetradic

#6E1817 #416E17 #176D6E #43176E

square

#6E1817 #416E17 #176D6E #43176E

split-complementary

#6E1817 #176E43 #17416E

monochromatic

#190605 #3B0D0C #6E1817 #A12322 #D32E2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#6E1817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#6E1817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E1817

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E1817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E1817	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)

#322D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473F14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e1817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 24, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.120 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f5d54',
    500: '#6e1817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e1817;
$custom-light: #9f5d54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e1817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.69,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35726,
    "c": 0.12002,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E1817

secondary

#3DA3A4

accent

#E6E83F

background

#FAF5F4

surface

#F4E9E7

border

#CEC5C3

text

#100402

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E1817

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

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