#6F231B#6F231B

#6F231B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.109 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6F231B
RGB	rgb(111, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 75.7%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.75, 33.12, 23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.75, 40.62, 35.38°)
OKLab	oklab(37.26% 0.0954 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(37.26% 0.109 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3552, 4.6618, 1.5492)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6F231B #1B676F

analogous

#6F1B3D #6F231B #6F4D1B

triadic

#6F231B #1B6F23 #231B6F

tetradic

#6F231B #3D6F1B #1B676F #4D1B6F

square

#6F231B #3D6F1B #1B676F #4D1B6F

split-complementary

#6F231B #1B6F4D #1B3D6F

monochromatic

#190806 #3E130F #6F231B #A03327 #CE4536

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#6F231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#6F231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6F231B

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6F231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6F231B	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38331A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A0F22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6f231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.109 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f6257',
    500: '#6f231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6f231b;
$custom-light: #9f6257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6f231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37257,
    "c": 0.10935,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6F231B

secondary

#429BA4

accent

#D5E444

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6F231B

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

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