Recognised as Colour

#69281D

#69281D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#69281D is a red with RGB values 105, 40, 29 and HSL 9°, 57%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#69281D

RGBrgb(105, 40, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.1569, 0.1137

RGB percentages41.2%, 15.7%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(8.7, 56.7%, 26.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.7, 72.4%, 41.2%)

CMYK0%, 61.9%, 72.4%, 58.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,891,549

CSS custom property--colour: #69281D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0461WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.93:1

Contrast with white10.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#96D7E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#39341Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#49421Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Tritanopia#741A26no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 22.7 Sienna · ΔE 22.9 Maroon · ΔE 25.5 Brown · ΔE 26 Dark red · ΔE 30 Indian red · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 22.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D5E69

Analogous#691D38, #694E1D

Triadic#1D6928, #281D69

Split complementary#1D694E, #1D3869

Tetradic#38691D, #1D5E69, #4E1D69

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DA8678

Lighter +30%#CF6350

Lighter +20%#B94633

Lighter +10%#913728

Darker −10%#411912

Darker −20%#190A07

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7A1C0C

Less saturated −25%#58342E

Channel breakdown

R105

G40

B29

Red105 (41.2%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue8.68°

Saturation (HSL)56.72%

Lightness26.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 69 · G 28 · B 1D

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