#6A5656#6A5656

#6A5656 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.027 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A5656
RGB	rgb(106, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 10%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(0, 19%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 18.9%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.54, 8.23, 3.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.54, 8.80, 20.66°)
OKLab	oklab(47.33% 0.0252 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(47.33% 0.027 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.9514, 10.3920, 10.2313)
Luminance	0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A5656 #566A6A

analogous

#6A5660 #6A5656 #6A6056

triadic

#6A5656 #566A56 #56566A

tetradic

#6A5656 #606A56 #566A6A #60566A

square

#6A5656 #606A56 #566A6A #60566A

split-complementary

#6A5656 #566A60 #56606A

monochromatic

#261F1F #483B3B #6A5656 #8C7171 #A79393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#6A5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#6A5656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A5656

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A5656	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E5456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.027 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#958585',
    500: '#6a5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a5656;
$custom-light: #958585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 10.417,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47327,
    "c": 0.02651,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A5656

secondary

#869696

accent

#B3B374

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F1EFEF

border

#CBCACA

text

#0D0B0B

muted

#7E7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A5656

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

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