#6E261B#6E261B

#6E261B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.105 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E261B
RGB	rgb(110, 38, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 75.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.10, 31.27, 23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.10, 39.34, 37.35°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.0898 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.105 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3221, 4.7814, 1.5740)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E261B #1B636E

analogous

#6E1B3A #6E261B #6E501B

triadic

#6E261B #1B6E26 #261B6E

tetradic

#6E261B #3A6E1B #1B636E #501B6E

square

#6E261B #3A6E1B #1B636E #501B6E

split-complementary

#6E261B #1B6E50 #1B3A6E

monochromatic

#190806 #3D150F #6E261B #9F3727 #CE4A36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#6E261B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#6E261B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E261B

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E261B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E261B	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#791524

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e261b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 38, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.105 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e6458',
    500: '#6e261b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e261b;
$custom-light: #9e6458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e261b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.952,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37487,
    "c": 0.10488,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E261B

secondary

#4296A3

accent

#CFE444

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E261B

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