#6B231E#6B231E

#6B231E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.104 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B231E
RGB	rgb(107, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 72%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.02, 31.76, 20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.02, 37.83, 32.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.58% 0.0923 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(36.58% 0.104 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8995, 4.4226, 1.7184)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B231E #1E666B

analogous

#6B1E40 #6B231E #6B4A1E

triadic

#6B231E #1E6B23 #231E6B

tetradic

#6B231E #406B1E #1E666B #4A1E6B

square

#6B231E #406B1E #1E666B #4A1E6B

split-complementary

#6B231E #1E6B4A #1E406B

monochromatic

#180807 #3B1311 #6B231E #9B332B #C8443B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#6B231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#6B231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B231E

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B231E	1.00	11.14	1.88	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36321D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48411C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#761222

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.104 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b625a',
    500: '#6b231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b231e;
$custom-light: #9b625a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.896,
    "s": 56.204,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3658,
    "c": 0.10393,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B231E

secondary

#459A9F

accent

#D6DF48

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4EAE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B231E

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