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Named color

Garnet Red

Garnet Red is a balanced red color with HEX #6E1F26. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 110, 31, 38, HSL 355, 56%, 28%, warm temperature, and is useful for jewel tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents.

#6E1F26 red warm balanced
HEX #6E1F26
RGB rgb(110, 31, 38)
HSL hsl(355 56% 28%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 72, 65, 57)
Luminance 0.0443
Contrast Black 1.89:1White 11.13:1

CSS Utilities

--color-garnet-red: #6E1F26;
.bg-garnet-red { background-color: #6E1F26; }
.text-garnet-red { color: #6E1F26; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.0443
Black text1.89:1AA Fail
White text11.13:1AA Pass
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    31,
    38
  ],
  "hsl": [
    355,
    56,
    28
  ],
  "cmyk": [
    0,
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    65,
    57
  ],
  "luminance": 0.0443,
  "contrast": {
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
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    "#6F411F"
  ],
  "triadic": [
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    "#1F266F"
  ],
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    "#4E6F1F",
    "#1F6F69",
    "#411F6F"
  ],
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    "#1F4E6F"
  ],
  "monochromatic": [
    "#B7343F",
    "#6E1F26",
    "#280B0E"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#B7343F",
  "dark": "#280B0E",
  "saturated": "#7F1019",
  "desaturated": "#602F33",
  "pastel": "#B8565E",
  "neon": "#B8000F"
}
Pairings
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    "#6F411F"
  ],
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    "#B7343F"
  ],
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    "#F5F5F5",
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  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#FFFFFF"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#B7343F",
    "#602F33"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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  ],
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      "/wcag/garnet-red",
      "/css/colors/garnet-red",
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    ]
  }
}
Full JSON dataset 
{
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  "name": "Garnet Red",
  "hex": "#6E1F26",
  "uses": [
    "jewel-tone palettes",
    "luxury branding",
    "premium interface accents"
  ],
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      "depth",
      "richness",
      "prestige"
    ],
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      "luxury",
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      "editorial design"
    ],
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  "confidence": "medium",
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  },
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  "temperature": "warm",
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  },
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    "neon": "#B8000F"
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      "#B7343F"
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      "#1A1A1A",
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      "#E8E8E4"
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Garnet Red Color

Garnet Red sits in the red family with warm temperature and balanced visual character. Garnet Red is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include depth, richness, and prestige, which makes it relevant for luxury and fashion. In design work, Garnet Red is most useful for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, especially when paired with white text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Red color familyBrowse named red colors and compare nearby swatches.Warm colorsExplore colors with warm temperature behavior.Balanced colorsFind colors with balanced visual character.Garnet Red accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #6E1F26.Garnet Red CSS utilitiesUse Garnet Red in CSS variables and utility classes.#6E1F26 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Garnet Red paletteOpen the generated palette based on Garnet Red.Garnet Red harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Garnet Red against black and white text.

Black text1.89:1AA Fail
White text11.13:1AA Pass
AA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
AAA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Wine Red#722F37
Ruby Wine#7B1E3A
Merlot#541E2E
Garnet#733635
Bark#5B3A29

Color Harmonies

#1F6F69#1F6F69
#6F1F4E#6F1F4E
#6F411F#6F411F
#266F1F#266F1F
#1F266F#1F266F
Open full Garnet Red harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#B7343F#B7343F
#280B0E#280B0E
#7F1019#7F1019
#602F33#602F33
#B8565E#B8565E
#B8000F#B8000F

Pairings

White#FFFFFF
#1F6F69#1F6F69
#6F1F4E#6F1F4E
#6F411F#6F411F
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5