Colour

#6A172B

#6A172B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#6A172B is a red with RGB values 106, 23, 43 and HSL 346°, 64%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#6A172B#6A172B

HEX#6A172B

RGBrgb(106, 23, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.0902, 0.1686

RGB percentages41.6%, 9%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(345.5, 64.3%, 25.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.5, 78.3%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 78.3%, 59.4%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,952,747

CSS custom property--colour: #6A172B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness62.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.86:1

Contrast with white11.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#95E8D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2D2C2Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#423D29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original

Tritanopia#74011Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 28.3 Maroon · ΔE 30.6 Indian red · ΔE 33.6 Sienna · ΔE 34.4 Dark red · ΔE 35 Saddle brown · ΔE 36.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 28.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#176A56

Analogous#6A1754, #6A2D17

Triadic#2B6A17, #172B6A

Split complementary#176A2D, #17546A

Tetradic#546A17, #176A56, #2D176A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DF6E89

Lighter +30%#D64467

Lighter +20%#BE294D

Lighter +10%#94203C

Darker −10%#400E1A

Darker −20%#160509

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7A0723

Less saturated −25%#5A2733

Channel breakdown

R106

G23

B43

Red106 (41.6%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue345.54°

Saturation (HSL)64.34%

Lightness25.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 17 · B 2B

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