#6D231A#6D231A

#6D231A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.107 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D231A
RGB	rgb(109, 35, 26)
HSL	hsl(7, 61%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(7, 76%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 76.1%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.35, 32.30, 23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.35, 40.00, 36.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.0929 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.107 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0949, 4.5289, 1.4776)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D231A #1A646D

analogous

#6D1A3B #6D231A #6D4D1A

triadic

#6D231A #1A6D23 #231A6D

tetradic

#6D231A #3B6D1A #1A646D #4D1A6D

square

#6D231A #3B6D1A #1A646D #4D1A6D

split-complementary

#6D231A #1A6D4D #1A3B6D

monochromatic

#190806 #3C130E #6D231A #9E3326 #CE4433

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#6D231A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#6D231A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D231A

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D231A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D231A	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#781021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d231a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 35, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.107 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d6257',
    500: '#6d231a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d231a;
$custom-light: #9d6257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d231a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.506,
    "s": 61.481,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36879,
    "c": 0.10717,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D231A

secondary

#4198A2

accent

#D3E543

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D231A

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