#6A232A#6A232A

#6A232A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.101 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A232A
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 42)
HSL	hsl(354, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 60.4%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.06, 32.24, 12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.06, 34.62, 21.37°)
OKLab	oklab(36.65% 0.0964 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(36.65% 0.101 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9634, 4.4343, 2.6793)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A232A #236A63

analogous

#6A234D #6A232A #6A4023

triadic

#6A232A #2A6A23 #232A6A

tetradic

#6A232A #4D6A23 #236A63 #40236A

square

#6A232A #4D6A23 #236A63 #40236A

split-complementary

#6A232A #236A40 #234D6A

monochromatic

#170809 #3C1418 #6A232A #98323C #C24652

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#6A232A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#6A232A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A232A

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A232A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A232A	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34322A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#741626

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a232a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.101 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#996263',
    500: '#6a232a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a232a;
$custom-light: #996263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a232a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.085,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36645,
    "c": 0.10131,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A232A

secondary

#4B9D95

accent

#DACC4E

background

#F9F6F5

surface

#F2EBEA

border

#CCC6C6

text

#0F0505

muted

#7E7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A232A

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

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