#6E231A#6E231A

#6E231A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.108 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E231A
RGB	rgb(110, 35, 26)
HSL	hsl(6, 62%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 76.4%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.54, 32.69, 23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.54, 40.47, 36.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% 0.094 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.108 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2187, 4.5927, 1.4834)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E231A #1A656E

analogous

#6E1A3B #6E231A #6E4D1A

triadic

#6E231A #1A6E23 #231A6E

tetradic

#6E231A #3B6E1A #1A656E #4D1A6E

square

#6E231A #3B6E1A #1A656E #4D1A6E

split-complementary

#6E231A #1A6E4D #1A3B6E

monochromatic

#190806 #3D130E #6E231A #A03326 #CF4434

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#6E231A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#6E231A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E231A

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E231A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E231A	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#790F21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e231a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 35, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.108 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e6257',
    500: '#6e231a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e231a;
$custom-light: #9e6257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e231a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.429,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37061,
    "c": 0.10837,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E231A

secondary

#4199A3

accent

#D4E543

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E231A

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

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