Recognised as Colour

#6A131E

#6A131E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#6A131E is a red with RGB values 106, 19, 30 and HSL 352°, 70%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#6A131E#6A131E

HEX#6A131E

RGBrgb(106, 19, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.0745, 0.1176

RGB percentages41.6%, 7.5%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(352.4, 69.6%, 24.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.4, 82.1%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 82.1%, 71.7%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,951,710

CSS custom property--colour: #6A131E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03624WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness60.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.18:1

Contrast with white12.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#262626

Inverted#95ECE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2D2A1Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#433C1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Tritanopia#750018no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 23.2 Maroon · ΔE 23.2 Dark red · ΔE 27.8 Sienna · ΔE 29.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.4 Firebrick · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 23.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#136A5F

Analogous#6A134A, #6A3313

Triadic#1E6A13, #131E6A

Split complementary#136A33, #134A6A

Tetradic#4A6A13, #136A5F, #33136A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E36675

Lighter +30%#DC3A4F

Lighter +20%#C02336

Lighter +10%#951B2A

Darker −10%#3F0B12

Darker −20%#140306

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7A0312

Less saturated −25%#5A232A

Channel breakdown

R106

G19

B30

Red106 (41.6%)

Green19 (7.5%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue352.41°

Saturation (HSL)69.6%

Lightness24.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 13 · B 1E

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