#6A231B#6A231B

#6A231B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.103 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A231B
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 74.5%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.78, 31.19, 22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.78, 38.26, 35.39°)
OKLab	oklab(36.35% 0.09 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(36.35% 0.103 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7434, 4.3463, 1.5205)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A231B #1B626A

analogous

#6A1B3A #6A231B #6A4A1B

triadic

#6A231B #1B6A23 #231B6A

tetradic

#6A231B #3A6A1B #1B626A #4A1B6A

square

#6A231B #3A6A1B #1B626A #4A1B6A

split-complementary

#6A231B #1B6A4A #1B3A6A

monochromatic

#180806 #39130F #6A231B #9B3327 #CB4334

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#6A231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#6A231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A231B

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A231B	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36311A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#751222

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.103 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b6257',
    500: '#6a231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a231b;
$custom-light: #9b6257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.076,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36351,
    "c": 0.10332,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A231B

secondary

#42969F

accent

#D3E345

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F3EAE9

border

#CDC6C5

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A231B

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

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