#68231B#68231B

#68231B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.101 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68231B
RGB	rgb(104, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(6, 74%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 74%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.40, 30.41, 21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.40, 37.31, 35.40°)
OKLab	oklab(35.99% 0.0878 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(35.99% 0.101 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5085, 4.2252, 1.5095)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68231B #1B6068

analogous

#681B39 #68231B #68491B

triadic

#68231B #1B6823 #231B68

tetradic

#68231B #39681B #1B6068 #491B68

square

#68231B #39681B #1B6068 #491B68

split-complementary

#68231B #1B6849 #1B3968

monochromatic

#180806 #37130E #68231B #993328 #C94434

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#68231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#68231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #68231B

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##68231B	1.00	11.38	1.84	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36311A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474019

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#731322

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.101 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#996157',
    500: '#68231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68231b;
$custom-light: #996157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.234,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35991,
    "c": 0.10088,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68231B

secondary

#42949D

accent

#D2E246

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F3EAE9

border

#CDC6C5

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #68231B

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

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