#6B232B#6B232B

#6B232B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.103 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B232B
RGB	rgb(107, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(353, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(353, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 59.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.27, 32.70, 12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.27, 34.92, 20.55°)
OKLab	oklab(36.85% 0.0979 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(36.85% 0.103 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1011, 4.5032, 2.7803)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B232B #236B63

analogous

#6B234F #6B232B #6B3F23

triadic

#6B232B #2B6B23 #232B6B

tetradic

#6B232B #4F6B23 #236B63 #3F236B

square

#6B232B #4F6B23 #236B63 #3F236B

split-complementary

#6B232B #236B3F #234F6B

monochromatic

#170809 #3D1418 #6B232B #99323E #C24654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#6B232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#6B232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B232B

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B232B	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35322B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#751526

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.103 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a6264',
    500: '#6b232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b232b;
$custom-light: #9a6264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36846,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B232B

secondary

#4B9E95

accent

#DACB4E

background

#F9F6F5

surface

#F2EBEA

border

#CCC6C6

text

#0F0505

muted

#7E7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B232B

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