Recognised as Colour

#6B1C2A

#6B1C2A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#6B1C2A is a red with RGB values 107, 28, 42 and HSL 349°, 59%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#6B1C2A#6B1C2A

HEX#6B1C2A

RGBrgb(107, 28, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.1098, 0.1647

RGB percentages42%, 11%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(349.4, 58.5%, 26.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.4, 73.8%, 42%)

CMYK0%, 73.8%, 60.7%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,019,562

CSS custom property--colour: #6B1C2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04123WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.51:1

Contrast with white11.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#94E3D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#302F2Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#453F28no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original

Tritanopia#760922no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 27.3 Maroon · ΔE 29.4 Sienna · ΔE 32 Indian red · ΔE 32.5 Dark red · ΔE 33.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.8

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 27.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C6B5D

Analogous#6B1C52, #6B361C

Triadic#2A6B1C, #1C2A6B

Split complementary#1C6B36, #1C516B

Tetradic#526B1C, #1C6B5D, #351C6B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DC7789

Lighter +30%#D14F66

Lighter +20%#BC314A

Lighter +10%#93273A

Darker −10%#43111A

Darker −20%#1A070A

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C0B1F

Less saturated −25%#5A2D35

Channel breakdown

R107

G28

B42

Red107 (42%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue349.37°

Saturation (HSL)58.52%

Lightness26.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6B · G 1C · B 2A

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