#6E191B#6E191B

#6E191B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.119 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E191B
RGB	rgb(110, 25, 27)
HSL	hsl(359, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(359, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.3%, 75.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.97, 37.07, 21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.97, 42.81, 30.00°)
OKLab	oklab(35.89% 0.108 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(35.89% 0.119 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9767, 4.0905, 1.4589)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E191B #196E6C

analogous

#6E1946 #6E191B #6E4219

triadic

#6E191B #1B6E19 #191B6E

tetradic

#6E191B #466E19 #196E6C #42196E

square

#6E191B #466E19 #196E6C #42196E

split-complementary

#6E191B #196E42 #19466E

monochromatic

#190606 #3C0E0F #6E191B #A02427 #D03135

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#6E191B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#6E191B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E191B

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E191B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E191B	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474018

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e191b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 25, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.119 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5d57',
    500: '#6e191b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e191b;
$custom-light: #9e5d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e191b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.588,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35888,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E191B

secondary

#3FA3A1

accent

#E6E242

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E191B

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

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