Colour

#6A252F

#6A252F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#6A252F is a red with RGB values 106, 37, 47 and HSL 351°, 48%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6A252F

RGBrgb(106, 37, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.1451, 0.1843

RGB percentages41.6%, 14.5%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(351.3, 48.3%, 28%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.3, 65.1%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 65.1%, 55.7%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,956,335

CSS custom property--colour: #6A252F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04593WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.95:1

Contrast with white10.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#95DAD0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#35342Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#47422Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original

Tritanopia#741A29no 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 text10.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 29.9 Sienna · ΔE 31.6 Maroon · ΔE 32.6 Indian red · ΔE 33.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.7 Dark red · ΔE 36.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 29.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#256A60

Analogous#6A2552, #6A3D25

Triadic#2F6A25, #252F6A

Split complementary#256A3D, #25516A

Tetradic#526A25, #256A60, #3E256A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D58692

Lighter +30%#C8606F

Lighter +20%#B63F51

Lighter +10%#903240

Darker −10%#44181E

Darker −20%#1E0B0D

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C1322

Less saturated −25%#58373C

Channel breakdown

R106

G37

B47

Red106 (41.6%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue351.3°

Saturation (HSL)48.25%

Lightness28.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 25 · B 2F

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