Recognised as Colour

#6A242D

#6A242D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#6A242D is a red with RGB values 106, 36, 45 and HSL 352°, 49%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6A242D

RGBrgb(106, 36, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.1412, 0.1765

RGB percentages41.6%, 14.1%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(352.3, 49.3%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.3, 66%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 66%, 57.5%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,956,077

CSS custom property--colour: #6A242D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04515WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.03:1

Contrast with white11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#95DBD2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#35332Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#47412Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Tritanopia#741828no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 29.1 Sienna · ΔE 31 Maroon · ΔE 31.5 Indian red · ΔE 32.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.9 Dark red · ΔE 35.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 29.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#246A61

Analogous#6A2450, #6A3E24

Triadic#2D6A24, #242D6A

Split complementary#246A3E, #24506A

Tetradic#506A24, #246A61, #3E246A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5858F

Lighter +30%#C85F6C

Lighter +20%#B63E4D

Lighter +10%#90313D

Darker −10%#44171D

Darker −20%#1E0A0D

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C1220

Less saturated −25%#58363A

Channel breakdown

R106

G36

B45

Red106 (41.6%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue352.29°

Saturation (HSL)49.3%

Lightness27.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 24 · B 2D

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