#6A232E#6A232E

#6A232E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.101 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A232E
RGB	rgb(106, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(351, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(351, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 56.6%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.15, 32.59, 10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.15, 34.11, 17.12°)
OKLab	oklab(36.74% 0.0982 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(36.74% 0.101 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0386, 4.4644, 3.0753)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A232E #236A5F

analogous

#6A2352 #6A232E #6A3B23

triadic

#6A232E #2E6A23 #232E6A

tetradic

#6A232E #526A23 #236A5F #3B236A

square

#6A232E #526A23 #236A5F #3B236A

split-complementary

#6A232E #236A3B #23526A

monochromatic

#17080A #3C141A #6A232E #983242 #C24659

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#6A232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#6A232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A232E

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A232E	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34322E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46412C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#741727

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.101 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#996266',
    500: '#6a232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a232e;
$custom-light: #996266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.704,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36744,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A232E

secondary

#4B9D91

accent

#DAC44E

background

#F9F6F6

surface

#F2EBEB

border

#CCC6C6

text

#0E0506

muted

#7E7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A232E

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

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