#6C231D#6C231D

#6C231D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.105 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C231D
RGB	rgb(108, 35, 29)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 73.1%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.20, 32.08, 21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.20, 38.60, 33.78°)
OKLab	oklab(36.74% 0.093 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(36.74% 0.105 28)
XYZ	xyz(7.0079, 4.4799, 1.6579)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C231D #1D666C

analogous

#6C1D3F #6C231D #6C4B1D

triadic

#6C231D #1D6C23 #231D6C

tetradic

#6C231D #3F6C1D #1D666C #4B1D6C

square

#6C231D #3F6C1D #1D666C #4B1D6C

split-complementary

#6C231D #1D6C4B #1D3F6C

monochromatic

#180806 #3C1310 #6C231D #9C332A #CA4439

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#6C231D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#6C231D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C231D

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C231D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C231D	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37321C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49421B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#771122

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c231d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 35, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.105 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c6259',
    500: '#6c231d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c231d;
$custom-light: #9c6259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c231d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.557,
    "s": 57.664,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36744,
    "c": 0.10534,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.04479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C231D

secondary

#449AA1

accent

#D5E147

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4EAE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C231D

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

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