#68231C#68231C

#68231C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.101 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68231C
RGB	rgb(104, 35, 28)
HSL	hsl(6, 58%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(6, 73%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 73.1%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.42, 30.47, 20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.42, 37.00, 34.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.01% 0.0882 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(36.01% 0.101 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5202, 4.2299, 1.5715)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68231C #1C6168

analogous

#681C3B #68231C #68491C

triadic

#68231C #1C6823 #231C68

tetradic

#68231C #3B681C #1C6168 #491C68

square

#68231C #3B681C #1C6168 #491C68

split-complementary

#68231C #1C6849 #1C3B68

monochromatic

#180806 #38130F #68231C #983329 #C84336

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#68231C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#68231C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #68231C

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68231C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##68231C	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36311B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47401A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#731322

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68231c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 35, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.101 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#996158',
    500: '#68231c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68231c;
$custom-light: #996158;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68231c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.526,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36007,
    "c": 0.10066,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68231C

secondary

#43959D

accent

#D3E147

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F3EAE9

border

#CDC6C5

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #68231C

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

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