#70231B#70231B

#70231B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.111 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70231B
RGB	rgb(112, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 75.9%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.94, 33.50, 23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.94, 41.09, 35.38°)
OKLab	oklab(37.44% 0.0965 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(37.44% 0.111 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4818, 4.7270, 1.5551)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70231B #1B6870

analogous

#701B3E #70231B #704E1B

triadic

#70231B #1B7023 #231B70

tetradic

#70231B #3E701B #1B6870 #4E1B70

square

#70231B #3E701B #1B6870 #4E1B70

split-complementary

#70231B #1B704E #1B3E70

monochromatic

#190806 #3F140F #70231B #A13227 #CF4537

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#70231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#70231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #70231B

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##70231B	1.00	10.80	1.95	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38331A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C0E22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.111 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f6257',
    500: '#70231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70231b;
$custom-light: #9f6257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.647,
    "s": 61.151,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37439,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70231B

secondary

#429BA5

accent

#D5E444

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #70231B

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

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