#6E181D#6E181D

#6E181D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.119 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E181D
RGB	rgb(110, 24, 29)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 73.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 37.56, 19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 42.54, 28.00°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.11 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.119 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9796, 4.0580, 1.5779)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E181D #186E69

analogous

#6E1848 #6E181D #6E3E18

triadic

#6E181D #1D6E18 #181D6E

tetradic

#6E181D #486E18 #186E69 #3E186E

square

#6E181D #486E18 #186E69 #3E186E

split-complementary

#6E181D #186E3E #18486E

monochromatic

#190507 #3C0D10 #6E181D #A0232A #D22F38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#6E181D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#6E181D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E181D

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E181D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E181D	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e181d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 24, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.119 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5d59',
    500: '#6e181d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e181d;
$custom-light: #9e5d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e181d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.512,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35819,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E181D

secondary

#3EA49E

accent

#E7DD41

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E181D

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

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