Colour

#621D36

#621D36
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#621D36 is a red with RGB values 98, 29, 54 and HSL 338°, 54%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#621D36#621D36

HEX#621D36

RGBrgb(98, 29, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.3843, 0.1137, 0.2118

RGB percentages38.4%, 11.4%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(338.3, 54.3%, 24.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(338.3, 70.4%, 38.4%)

CMYK0%, 70.4%, 44.9%, 61.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,430,006

CSS custom property--colour: #621D36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03742WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness60.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.01:1

Contrast with white12.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#9DE2C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2B2E37no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#3D3B34no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Tritanopia#6B1527no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 36.8 Indian red · ΔE 38.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 39.7 Dim grey · ΔE 39.8 Maroon · ΔE 39.9 Black · ΔE 40.5

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 36.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#1D6249

Analogous#621D59, #62261D

Triadic#36621D, #1D3662

Split complementary#1D6226, #1D5962

Tetradic#59621D, #1D6249, #271D62

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D67598

Lighter +30%#CA4E7B

Lighter +20%#B13461

Lighter +10%#89294C

Darker −10%#3B1120

Darker −20%#13060B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#720D32

Less saturated −25%#522D3A

Channel breakdown

R98

G29

B54

Red98 (38.4%)

Green29 (11.4%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue338.26°

Saturation (HSL)54.33%

Lightness24.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 62 · G 1D · B 36

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