#6C231E#6C231E

#6C231E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.105 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C231E
RGB	rgb(108, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 57%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 72.2%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.21, 32.14, 20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.21, 38.30, 32.95°)
OKLab	oklab(36.76% 0.0934 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(36.76% 0.105 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0204, 4.4849, 1.7240)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C231E #1E676C

analogous

#6C1E40 #6C231E #6C4A1E

triadic

#6C231E #1E6C23 #231E6C

tetradic

#6C231E #406C1E #1E676C #4A1E6C

square

#6C231E #406C1E #1E676C #4A1E6C

split-complementary

#6C231E #1E6C4A #1E406C

monochromatic

#180807 #3C1311 #6C231E #9C332B #C9453C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#6C231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#6C231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C231E

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C231E	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37321D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49421C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#771122

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.105 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c625a',
    500: '#6c231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c231e;
$custom-light: #9c625a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.846,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36761,
    "c": 0.10515,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C231E

secondary

#459BA0

accent

#D6E048

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4EAE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C231E

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

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