#6D231D#6D231D

#6D231D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.107 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D231D
RGB	rgb(109, 35, 29)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 73.4%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.39, 32.47, 21.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.39, 39.07, 33.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.93% 0.0941 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(36.93% 0.107 28)
XYZ	xyz(7.1302, 4.5430, 1.6636)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D231D #1D676D

analogous

#6D1D3F #6D231D #6D4B1D

triadic

#6D231D #1D6D23 #231D6D

tetradic

#6D231D #3F6D1D #1D676D #4B1D6D

square

#6D231D #3F6D1D #1D676D #4B1D6D

split-complementary

#6D231D #1D6D4B #1D3F6D

monochromatic

#180806 #3D1310 #6D231D #9D332A #CB453A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#6D231D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#6D231D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D231D

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D231D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D231D	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37321C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A421B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#781122

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d231d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 35, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.107 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d6259',
    500: '#6d231d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d231d;
$custom-light: #9d6259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d231d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.5,
    "s": 57.971,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36925,
    "c": 0.10655,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.04542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D231D

secondary

#449BA2

accent

#D6E147

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D231D

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

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