#6E5259#6E5259

#6E5259 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.039 H 2.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E5259
RGB	rgb(110, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(345, 15%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(345, 25%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 19.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.97, 12.87, 0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.97, 12.88, 2.09°)
OKLab	oklab(47.02% 0.0387 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(47.02% 0.039 2.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2509, 10.0713, 10.8006)
Luminance	0.1007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E5259 #526E67

analogous

#6E5267 #6E5259 #6E5952

triadic

#6E5259 #596E52 #52596E

tetradic

#6E5259 #676E52 #526E67 #59526E

square

#6E5259 #676E52 #526E67 #59526E

split-complementary

#6E5259 #526E59 #52676E

monochromatic

#281E20 #4B383D #6E5259 #916C75 #AB8F96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#6E5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#6E5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E5259

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E5259	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#735054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.039 2.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#988287',
    500: '#6e5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e5259;
$custom-light: #988287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 14.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47019,
    "c": 0.03871,
    "h": 2.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E5259

secondary

#829994

accent

#B7A670

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F2EFEF

border

#CCCACA

text

#0D0A0B

muted

#7E7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E5259

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

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