Recognised as Colour

#6A2837

#6A2837
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#6A2837 is a red with RGB values 106, 40, 55 and HSL 346°, 45%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#6A2837#6A2837

HEX#6A2837

RGBrgb(106, 40, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.1569, 0.2157

RGB percentages41.6%, 15.7%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(346.4, 45.2%, 28.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.4, 62.3%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 62.3%, 48.1%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,957,111

CSS custom property--colour: #6A2837;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04858WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.65:1

Contrast with white10.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#95D7C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#363637no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#474335no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original

Tritanopia#73202Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 33.1 Indian red · ΔE 34.6 Sienna · ΔE 34.8 Dim grey · ΔE 36.3 Maroon · ΔE 36.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 37.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 33.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#286A5B

Analogous#6A2858, #6A3A28

Triadic#376A28, #28376A

Split complementary#286A3A, #28586A

Tetradic#586A28, #286A5B, #3A286A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D38B9B

Lighter +30%#C5667B

Lighter +20%#B4445D

Lighter +10%#8F364A

Darker −10%#451A24

Darker −20%#200C11

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C162D

Less saturated −25%#583A41

Channel breakdown

R106

G40

B55

Red106 (41.6%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue346.36°

Saturation (HSL)45.21%

Lightness28.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 28 · B 37

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