HEX atlas value

#6E1F26

#6E1F26 is a warm red HEX color nearest Garnet Red. RGB 110, 31, 38, HSL 355° 56% 28%, luminance 0.0443; view contrast and conversions.

red warm balanced

#6E1F26 Sample readable text

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

--color-6e1f26: #6E1F26;
.background-6e1f26 { background-color: #6E1F26; }
.text-6e1f26 { color: #6E1F26; }

HEX meaning and use

About #6E1F26

#6E1F26 is classified as a warm red value with balanced visual character. #6E1F26 is visually closest to Garnet Red, a named red color with HEX #6E1F26.

The RGB channels are 110, 31, and 38, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 355deg with 56% saturation and 28% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-attention visual states. Its luminance is 0.0443, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text1.89:1AA Fail

White text11.13:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #6E1F26 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000001.89:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF11.13:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#280B0E#280B0E · #FFFFFF text · best 18.36:1 Merlot#541E2E · #FFFFFF text · best 13.11:1 #602F33#602F33 · #FFFFFF text · best 10.76:1 #6F1F4E#6F1F4E · #FFFFFF text · best 10.6:1 #7F1019#7F1019 · #FFFFFF text · best 10.55:1

Generated Palette

Garnet Red#6E1F26

#1F6F69#1F6F69

#6F1F4E#6F1F4E

#6F411F#6F411F

#B7343F#B7343F

#280B0E#280B0E

Color Harmonies

#1F6F69#1F6F69

#6F1F4E#6F1F4E

#6F411F#6F411F

#266F1F#266F1F

#1F266F#1F266F

Variants

#B7343F#B7343F

#280B0E#280B0E

#7F1019#7F1019

#602F33#602F33

#B8565E#B8565E

#B8000F#B8000F

Nearest Named Colors

Garnet Red#6E1F26

Wine Red#722F37

Ruby Wine#7B1E3A

Merlot#541E2E

Garnet#733635

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

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#6E1F26","rgb":[110,31,38],"hsl":[355,56,28],"cmyk":[0,72,65,57],"luminance":0.0443,"contrast":{"black":1.89,"white":11.13}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":1.89,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":11.13,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#280B0E","hex":"#280B0E","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.14,"contrastWhite":18.36,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Merlot","hex":"#541E2E","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.6,"contrastWhite":13.11,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#602F33","hex":"#602F33","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.95,"contrastWhite":10.76,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#6F1F4E","hex":"#6F1F4E","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.98,"contrastWhite":10.6,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#7F1019","hex":"#7F1019","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.99,"contrastWhite":10.55,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","balanced","balanced red","Garnet Red adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/6e1f26.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/garnet-red.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/wine-red.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/ruby-wine.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#1F6F69","analogous":["#6F1F4E","#6F411F"],"triadic":["#266F1F","#1F266F"],"tetradic":["#4E6F1F","#1F6F69","#411F6F"],"splitComplementary":["#1F6F41","#1F4E6F"],"monochromatic":["#B7343F","#6E1F26","#280B0E"]}

Variants

{"light":"#B7343F","dark":"#280B0E","saturated":"#7F1019","desaturated":"#602F33","pastel":"#B8565E","neon":"#B8000F"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"garnet-red","name":"Garnet Red","hex":"#6E1F26","distance":0},{"slug":"wine-red","name":"Wine Red","hex":"#722F37","distance":23.68543856465402},{"slug":"ruby-wine","name":"Ruby Wine","hex":"#7B1E3A","distance":23.874672772626646},{"slug":"merlot","name":"Merlot","hex":"#541E2E","distance":27.2213151776324},{"slug":"garnet","name":"Garnet","hex":"#733635","distance":27.910571473905726}]

#6E1F26

CSS

About #6E1F26

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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