Recognised as Colour

#6A2232

#6A2232
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#6A2232 is a red with RGB values 106, 34, 50 and HSL 347°, 51%, 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

#6A2232#6A2232

HEX#6A2232

RGBrgb(106, 34, 50)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.1333, 0.1961

RGB percentages41.6%, 13.3%, 19.6%

HSLhsl(346.7, 51.4%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.7, 67.9%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 67.9%, 52.8%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,955,570

CSS custom property--colour: #6A2232;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.12:1

Contrast with white11.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#95DDCD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#323232no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#454130no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original

Tritanopia#741728no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 31 Indian red · ΔE 34 Maroon · ΔE 34.1 Sienna · ΔE 34.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 36.6 Pale violetred · ΔE 38.1

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 31.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#226A5A

Analogous#6A2256, #6A3622

Triadic#326A22, #22326A

Split complementary#226A36, #22566A

Tetradic#566A22, #226A5A, #36226A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D78194

Lighter +30%#CA5B73

Lighter +20%#B73B56

Lighter +10%#912E44

Darker −10%#431620

Darker −20%#1D090E

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C1128

Less saturated −25%#59343C

Channel breakdown

R106

G34

B50

Red106 (41.6%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue50 (19.6%)

Hue346.67°

Saturation (HSL)51.43%

Lightness27.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 22 · B 32

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