Recognised as Colour

#6A2201

#6A2201
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#6A2201 is a orange with RGB values 106, 34, 1 and HSL 19°, 98%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6A2201

RGBrgb(106, 34, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.1333, 0.0039

RGB percentages41.6%, 13.3%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(18.9, 98.1%, 21%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18.9, 99.1%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 67.9%, 99.1%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,955,521

CSS custom property--colour: #6A2201;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0421WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.4:1

Contrast with white11.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#95DDFE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#373000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#494000no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Tritanopia#760C1Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 15.1 Maroon · ΔE 17.6 Sienna · ΔE 19.5 Dark red · ΔE 21.6 Brown · ΔE 23.5 Firebrick · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 15.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01496A

Analogous#6A0115, #6A5601

Triadic#016A22, #22016A

Split complementary#016A57, #01146A

Tetradic#146A01, #01496A, #57016A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FD773A

Lighter +30%#FD5407

Lighter +20%#CF4202

Lighter +10%#9D3201

Darker −10%#371201

Darker −20%#050200

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6B2200

Less saturated −25%#5D270E

Channel breakdown

R106

G34

Red106 (41.6%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue18.86°

Saturation (HSL)98.13%

Lightness20.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 22 · B 01

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