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Recognised as Colour

#6A213E

  • #6A213E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#6A213E is a red with RGB values 106, 33, 62 and HSL 336°, 53%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#6A213E#6A213E
HEX#6A213E
RGBrgb(106, 33, 62)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.1294, 0.2431
RGB percentages41.6%, 12.9%, 24.3%
HSLhsl(336.2, 52.5%, 27.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(336.2, 68.9%, 41.6%)
CMYK0%, 68.9%, 41.5%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,955,326
CSS custom property--colour: #6A213E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.045WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.05:1
Contrast with white11.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#95DEC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2F333Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#42413Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Tritanopia#73192Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 36.5Pale violetred · ΔE 36.8Indian red · ΔE 37.4Dim grey · ΔE 40.1Maroon · ΔE 40.8Sienna · ΔE 41.2
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 36.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#216A4D
Analogous#6A2163, #6A2921
Triadic#3E6A21, #213E6A
Split complementary#216A28, #21636A
Tetradic#636A21, #216A4D, #28216A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D780A2
Lighter +30%#CB5986
Lighter +20%#B8396B
Lighter +10%#912D55
Darker −10%#431527
Darker −20%#1C0911
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7B103A
Less saturated −25%#593242

Channel breakdown

R106
G33
B62
Red106 (41.6%)
Green33 (12.9%)
Blue62 (24.3%)
Hue336.16°
Saturation (HSL)52.52%
Lightness27.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6A · G 21 · B 3E

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