#6D231E#6D231E

#6D231E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.106 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D231E
RGB	rgb(109, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 57%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 72.5%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.41, 32.52, 21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.41, 38.78, 32.99°)
OKLab	oklab(36.94% 0.0945 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(36.94% 0.106 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1428, 4.5480, 1.7298)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D231E #1E686D

analogous

#6D1E41 #6D231E #6D4A1E

triadic

#6D231E #1E6D23 #231E6D

tetradic

#6D231E #416D1E #1E686D #4A1E6D

square

#6D231E #416D1E #1E686D #4A1E6D

split-complementary

#6D231E #1E6D4A #1E416D

monochromatic

#180807 #3D1411 #6D231E #9D322B #C9453C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#6D231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#6D231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D231E

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D231E	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)

#37321D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A421C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#781122

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.106 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d625a',
    500: '#6d231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d231e;
$custom-light: #9d625a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.797,
    "s": 56.835,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36942,
    "c": 0.10636,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D231E

secondary

#459CA1

accent

#D6E048

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#0F0503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D231E

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