#6E1828#6E1828

#6E1828 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.119 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E1828
RGB	rgb(110, 24, 40)
HSL	hsl(349, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 63.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.07, 38.25, 12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.07, 40.34, 18.51°)
OKLab	oklab(36.04% 0.1147 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(36.04% 0.119 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1408, 4.1225, 2.4268)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E1828 #186E5E

analogous

#6E1853 #6E1828 #6E3318

triadic

#6E1828 #286E18 #18286E

tetradic

#6E1828 #536E18 #186E5E #33186E

square

#6E1828 #536E18 #186E5E #33186E

split-complementary

#6E1828 #186E33 #18536E

monochromatic

#190509 #3C0D16 #6E1828 #A0233A #D22F4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#6E1828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#6E1828 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E1828

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E1828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E1828	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e1828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 24, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.119 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d5d61',
    500: '#6e1828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e1828;
$custom-light: #9d5d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e1828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.837,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36043,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E1828

secondary

#3EA491

accent

#E7C841

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#0F0505

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E1828

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

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