#6E251A#6E251A

#6E251A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.106 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E251A
RGB	rgb(110, 37, 26)
HSL	hsl(8, 62%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(8, 76%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.4%, 76.4%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.90, 31.72, 24.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.90, 39.93, 37.42°)
OKLab	oklab(37.33% 0.0909 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(37.33% 0.106 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2792, 4.7137, 1.5036)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E251A #1A636E

analogous

#6E1A39 #6E251A #6E4F1A

triadic

#6E251A #1A6E25 #251A6E

tetradic

#6E251A #396E1A #1A636E #4F1A6E

square

#6E251A #396E1A #1A636E #4F1A6E

split-complementary

#6E251A #1A6E4F #1A396E

monochromatic

#190806 #3D140E #6E251A #A03626 #CF4834

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#6E251A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#6E251A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E251A

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E251A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E251A	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#791323

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e251a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 37, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.106 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e6357',
    500: '#6e251a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e251a;
$custom-light: #9e6357;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e251a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.857,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37333,
    "c": 0.10621,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E251A

secondary

#4196A3

accent

#D0E543

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E251A

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

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