#6E221A#6E221A

#6E221A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.109 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E221A
RGB	rgb(110, 34, 26)
HSL	hsl(6, 62%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 76.4%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.37, 33.16, 23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.37, 40.73, 35.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.93% 0.0954 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(36.93% 0.109 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1897, 4.5347, 1.4738)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E221A #1A666E

analogous

#6E1A3C #6E221A #6E4C1A

triadic

#6E221A #1A6E22 #221A6E

tetradic

#6E221A #3C6E1A #1A666E #4C1A6E

square

#6E221A #3C6E1A #1A666E #4C1A6E

split-complementary

#6E221A #1A6E4C #1A3C6E

monochromatic

#190806 #3D130E #6E221A #A03126 #CF4234

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#6E221A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#6E221A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E221A

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E221A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E221A	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#790D21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e221a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 34, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.109 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e6257',
    500: '#6e221a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e221a;
$custom-light: #9e6257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e221a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36929,
    "c": 0.10944,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E221A

secondary

#419AA3

accent

#D5E543

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4EAE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E221A

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

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