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Recognised as Colour

#6A263A

  • #6A263A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#6A263A is a red with RGB values 106, 38, 58 and HSL 342°, 47%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#6A263A#6A263A
HEX#6A263A
RGBrgb(106, 38, 58)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.149, 0.2275
RGB percentages41.6%, 14.9%, 22.7%
HSLhsl(342.4, 47.2%, 28.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(342.4, 64.2%, 41.6%)
CMYK0%, 64.2%, 45.3%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,956,602
CSS custom property--colour: #6A263A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.76:1
Contrast with white10.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#95D9C5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#33353Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#454338no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Tritanopia#731E2Eno 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 text10.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 34.4Indian red · ΔE 35.6Pale violetred · ΔE 37.1Sienna · ΔE 37.1Dim grey · ΔE 37.3Maroon · ΔE 38.3
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 34.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#266A56
Analogous#6A265C, #6A3426
Triadic#3A6A26, #263A6A
Split complementary#266A34, #265C6A
Tetradic#5C6A26, #266A56, #34266A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4889E
Lighter +30%#C76280
Lighter +20%#B54163
Lighter +10%#90334F
Darker −10%#441925
Darker −20%#1F0B11
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7C1433
Less saturated −25%#583841

Channel breakdown

R106
G38
B58
Red106 (41.6%)
Green38 (14.9%)
Blue58 (22.7%)
Hue342.35°
Saturation (HSL)47.22%
Lightness28.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6A · G 26 · B 3A

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