#6A231C#6A231C

#6A231C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.103 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A231C
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 28)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(5, 74%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 73.6%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.80, 31.25, 21.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.80, 37.95, 34.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.37% 0.0904 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(36.37% 0.103 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7552, 4.3510, 1.5825)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A231C #1C636A

analogous

#6A1C3C #6A231C #6A4A1C

triadic

#6A231C #1C6A23 #231C6A

tetradic

#6A231C #3C6A1C #1C636A #4A1C6A

square

#6A231C #3C6A1C #1C636A #4A1C6A

split-complementary

#6A231C #1C6A4A #1C3C6A

monochromatic

#180806 #3A130F #6A231C #9A3329 #CA4436

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#6A231C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#6A231C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A231C

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A231C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A231C	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36311B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48411A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#751222

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a231c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.103 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a6258',
    500: '#6a231c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a231c;
$custom-light: #9a6258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a231c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.385,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36367,
    "c": 0.10312,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A231C

secondary

#43979F

accent

#D4E146

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F3EAE9

border

#CDC6C5

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A231C

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