Recognised as Colour

#693B38

#693B38
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#693B38 is a red with RGB values 105, 59, 56 and HSL 4°, 30%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#693B38#693B38

HEX#693B38

RGBrgb(105, 59, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.2314, 0.2196

RGB percentages41.2%, 23.1%, 22%

HSLhsl(3.7, 30.4%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3.7, 46.7%, 41.2%)

CMYK0%, 43.8%, 46.7%, 58.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,896,440

CSS custom property--colour: #693B38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06417WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.2:1

Contrast with white9.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#96C4C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#454238no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#504B37no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Tritanopia#72353Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 26.5 Sienna · ΔE 29.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.8 Gray · ΔE 32.3 Rosy brown · ΔE 33.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 34.7

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 26.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#386669

Analogous#69384D, #695438

Triadic#38693B, #3B3869

Split complementary#386954, #384D69

Tetradic#4D6938, #386669, #543869

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CDA3A0

Lighter +30%#BB837F

Lighter +20%#A9635E

Lighter +10%#8A4E4A

Darker −10%#482826

Darker −20%#261615

Darker −30%#050303

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7D2924

Less saturated −25%#554D4C

Channel breakdown

R105

G59

B56

Red105 (41.2%)

Green59 (23.1%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue3.67°

Saturation (HSL)30.43%

Lightness31.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 69 · G 3B · B 38

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