#6C110ESanguine (#6C110E) is a very dark, soft red with an OKLCH hue of 28°, lightness 0.35 and chroma 0.125. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #6C110E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(108, 17, 14) |
| HSL | hsl(2, 77%, 24%) |
| HSV | hsv(2, 87%, 42%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 84%, 87%, 58%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(22.4 38.7 27.5) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.346 0.125 28) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Sanguine is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#6c0d0b — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged#6e100d — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged#6c110e — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#6c110f — ΔE 0.1, is virtually unchangedTest Sanguine in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 12.18:1 and against black 1.72:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ca857c · #a85c53 · #86332c · #6c110e · #2f0000 · #080000
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#814b16 · #783009 · #6c110e · #55001a · #3a001d · #220019
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#c4a87b · #c3756b · #936700 · #665029 · #6c110e · #460000
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#44daee · #986862 · #6a4f4b · #6c110e · #380e0a · #140101
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e5f5f8 · #c9b3b0 · #7a8688 · #614b48 · #6c110e · #172628
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e6f5f7 · #bccdd0 · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2e · #00070a · #6c110e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d6f9ff · #61cbda · #0094a4 · #005d67 · #6c110e · #3c1511
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#badfc9 · #7cc9b9 · #5c798b · #3d4a66 · #6c110e · #1d0411
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e2f9e4 · #8ccb95 · #637fce · #384d8b · #6c110e · #082b10
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#eff6da · #b3c277 · #0094a4 · #594284 · #6c110e · #00292e
#883931 · #A35C53 · #BE7F76 · #D8A39B · #F2C7C1
#5E0A08 · #4F0404 · #420001 · #340000 · #270000
#63201A · #592924 · #4F302C
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.