#6A232B#6A232B

#6A232B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.101 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A232B
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(353, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(353, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 59.4%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.08, 32.33, 11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.08, 34.47, 20.32°)
OKLab	oklab(36.67% 0.0969 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(36.67% 0.101 17)
XYZ	xyz(6.9816, 4.4416, 2.7747)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A232B #236A62

analogous

#6A234F #6A232B #6A3E23

triadic

#6A232B #2B6A23 #232B6A

tetradic

#6A232B #4F6A23 #236A62 #3E236A

square

#6A232B #4F6A23 #236A62 #3E236A

split-complementary

#6A232B #236A3E #234F6A

monochromatic

#170809 #3C1418 #6A232B #98323E #C24654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#6A232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#6A232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A232B

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A232B	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34322B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#741626

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.101 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#996264',
    500: '#6a232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a232b;
$custom-light: #996264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.239,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36669,
    "c": 0.1013,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.04441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A232B

secondary

#4B9D94

accent

#DACA4E

background

#F9F6F5

surface

#F2EBEA

border

#CCC6C6

text

#0F0505

muted

#7E7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A232B

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

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