Exploring the Color #6E1521

#6E1521 sits at 352° on the color wheel, placing it in the red family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 68% saturation and 26% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, shadowed tone — a weighted, dramatic presence with deep undertones. Its RGB mix of 110, 21, 33 produces a 11.72:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #6E1521 is a clear variant of CSS maroon — about 43 units away from #800000. Designers reach for red hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want weight, depth, and grounded contrast. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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