Recognised as Colour

#6A342E

#6A342E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#6A342E is a red with RGB values 106, 52, 46 and HSL 6°, 39%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#6A342E

RGBrgb(106, 52, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.2039, 0.1804

RGB percentages41.6%, 20.4%, 18%

HSLhsl(6, 39.5%, 29.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6, 56.6%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 50.9%, 56.6%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,960,174

CSS custom property--colour: #6A342E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.8:1

Contrast with white9.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#95CBD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#413D2Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#4E482Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Tritanopia#742C33no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 26.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 27.8 Dim grey · ΔE 31.8 Brown · ΔE 31.9 Indian red · ΔE 33.5 Maroon · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 26.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E646A

Analogous#6A2E46, #6A522E

Triadic#2E6A34, #342E6A

Split complementary#2E6A52, #2E466A

Tetradic#466A2E, #2E646A, #522E6A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D09A94

Lighter +30%#C17870

Lighter +20%#B1574D

Lighter +10%#8E453D

Darker −10%#46231F

Darker −20%#23110F

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7D251B

Less saturated −25%#574341

Channel breakdown

R106

G52

B46

Red106 (41.6%)

Green52 (20.4%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue6°

Saturation (HSL)39.47%

Lightness29.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 34 · B 2E

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