Colour

#6B232C

#6B232C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#6B232C is a red with RGB values 107, 35, 44 and HSL 353°, 51%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#6B232C#6B232C

HEX#6B232C

RGBrgb(107, 35, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.1373, 0.1725

RGB percentages42%, 13.7%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(352.5, 50.7%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.5, 67.3%, 42%)

CMYK0%, 67.3%, 58.9%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,021,356

CSS custom property--colour: #6B232C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0451WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.04:1

Contrast with white11.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#94DCD3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#34332Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#47422Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Tritanopia#751627no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 28.2 Sienna · ΔE 30.5 Maroon · ΔE 30.5 Indian red · ΔE 32.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.4 Dark red · ΔE 34.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 28.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#236B62

Analogous#6B2350, #6B3E23

Triadic#2C6B23, #232C6B

Split complementary#236B3E, #23506B

Tetradic#506B23, #236B62, #3E236B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7838E

Lighter +30%#CA5D6B

Lighter +20%#B83C4C

Lighter +10%#91303C

Darker −10%#45161C

Darker −20%#1E0A0C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7D111F

Less saturated −25%#593539

Channel breakdown

R107

G35

B44

Red107 (42%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue352.5°

Saturation (HSL)50.7%

Lightness27.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6B · G 23 · B 2C

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