Recognised as Colour

#6B371C

#6B371C
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#6B371C is a orange with RGB values 107, 55, 28 and HSL 21°, 59%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6B371C

RGBrgb(107, 55, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.2157, 0.1098

RGB percentages42%, 21.6%, 11%

HSLhsl(20.5, 58.5%, 26.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20.5, 73.8%, 42%)

CMYK0%, 48.6%, 73.8%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,026,460

CSS custom property--colour: #6B371C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.6:1

Contrast with white9.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#94C8E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#453E19no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#52491Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original

Tritanopia#762D31no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 17.5 Sienna · ΔE 19.1 Maroon · ΔE 29.9 Brown · ΔE 30.4 Dark red · ΔE 33.7 Indian red · ΔE 34.5

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 17.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C506B

Analogous#6B1C29, #6B5E1C

Triadic#1C6B37, #371C6B

Split complementary#1C6B5E, #1C296B

Tetradic#296B1C, #1C506B, #5F1C6B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DC9A77

Lighter +30%#D17B4F

Lighter +20%#BC6131

Lighter +10%#934C27

Darker −10%#432211

Darker −20%#1A0D07

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C320B

Less saturated −25%#5A3C2D

Channel breakdown

R107

G55

B28

Red107 (42%)

Green55 (21.6%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue20.51°

Saturation (HSL)58.52%

Lightness26.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6B · G 37 · B 1C

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