#6E281B#6E281B

#6E281B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.103 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E281B
RGB	rgb(110, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(9, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 75.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.48, 30.26, 24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.48, 38.81, 38.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.78% 0.0866 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(37.78% 0.103 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3878, 4.9127, 1.5959)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E281B #1B616E

analogous

#6E1B37 #6E281B #6E521B

triadic

#6E281B #1B6E28 #281B6E

tetradic

#6E281B #376E1B #1B616E #521B6E

square

#6E281B #376E1B #1B616E #521B6E

split-complementary

#6E281B #1B6E52 #1B376E

monochromatic

#190906 #3D160F #6E281B #9F3A27 #CE4E36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#6E281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#6E281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E281B

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E281B	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#791825

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.103 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d6558',
    500: '#6e281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e281b;
$custom-light: #9d6558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.398,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37775,
    "c": 0.1027,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E281B

secondary

#4294A3

accent

#CBE444

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E281B

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

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