Recognised as Colour

#6B282F

#6B282F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#6B282F is a red with RGB values 107, 40, 47 and HSL 354°, 46%, 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

#6B282F#6B282F

HEX#6B282F

RGBrgb(107, 40, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.1569, 0.1843

RGB percentages42%, 15.7%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(353.7, 45.6%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.7, 62.6%, 42%)

CMYK0%, 62.6%, 56.1%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,022,639

CSS custom property--colour: #6B282F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04849WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.66:1

Contrast with white10.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#94D7D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#38362Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original

Deuteranopia#49432Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original

Tritanopia#751D2Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 29.6 Sienna · ΔE 30.3 Maroon · ΔE 32.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.3 Indian red · ΔE 32.6 Dark red · ΔE 36.6

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 29.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#286B64

Analogous#6B2851, #6B4228

Triadic#2F6B28, #282F6B

Split complementary#286B42, #28516B

Tetradic#516B28, #286B64, #42286B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D48B93

Lighter +30%#C66670

Lighter +20%#B54450

Lighter +10%#90363F

Darker −10%#461A1F

Darker −20%#210C0E

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7D1620

Less saturated −25%#593A3E

Channel breakdown

R107

G40

B47

Red107 (42%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue353.73°

Saturation (HSL)45.58%

Lightness28.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6B · G 28 · B 2F

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