#6E271B#6E271B

#6E271B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.104 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E271B
RGB	rgb(110, 39, 27)
HSL	hsl(9, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 75.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.29, 30.77, 24.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.29, 39.08, 38.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.63% 0.0882 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(37.63% 0.104 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3545, 4.8462, 1.5848)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E271B #1B626E

analogous

#6E1B39 #6E271B #6E511B

triadic

#6E271B #1B6E27 #271B6E

tetradic

#6E271B #396E1B #1B626E #511B6E

square

#6E271B #396E1B #1B626E #511B6E

split-complementary

#6E271B #1B6E51 #1B396E

monochromatic

#190906 #3D160F #6E271B #9F3827 #CE4C36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#6E271B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#6E271B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E271B

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E271B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E271B	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#791625

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e271b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 39, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.104 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e6458',
    500: '#6e271b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e271b;
$custom-light: #9e6458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e271b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.675,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3763,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E271B

secondary

#4295A3

accent

#CDE444

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E271B

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

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