Recognised as Colour

#68232E

#68232E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#68232E is a red with RGB values 104, 35, 46 and HSL 350°, 50%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#68232E#68232E

HEX#68232E

RGBrgb(104, 35, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.1373, 0.1804

RGB percentages40.8%, 13.7%, 18%

HSLhsl(350.4, 49.6%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.4, 66.3%, 40.8%)

CMYK0%, 66.3%, 55.8%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,824,750

CSS custom property--colour: #68232E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04342WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.24:1

Contrast with white11.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#97DCD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#33322Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#45402Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Tritanopia#721727no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 30.4 Sienna · ΔE 32.5 Maroon · ΔE 32.9 Indian red · ΔE 33.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 34.4 Dark red · ΔE 37.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 30.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#23685D

Analogous#682351, #683A23

Triadic#2E6823, #232E68

Split complementary#23683A, #235168

Tetradic#516823, #23685D, #3A2368

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5828F

Lighter +30%#C85C6D

Lighter +20%#B43D50

Lighter +10%#8E303F

Darker −10%#42161D

Darker −20%#1C090C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#791222

Less saturated −25%#57343A

Channel breakdown

R104

G35

B46

Red104 (40.8%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue350.43°

Saturation (HSL)49.64%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 68 · G 23 · B 2E

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