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Recognised as Colour

#6C213A

  • #6C213A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#6C213A is a red with RGB values 108, 33, 58 and HSL 340°, 53%, 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

#6C213A#6C213A
HEX#6C213A
RGBrgb(108, 33, 58)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.1294, 0.2275
RGB percentages42.4%, 12.9%, 22.7%
HSLhsl(340, 53.2%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(340, 69.4%, 42.4%)
CMYK0%, 69.4%, 46.3%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,086,394
CSS custom property--colour: #6C213A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04581WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.96:1
Contrast with white10.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#93DEC5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#31333Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#444238no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Tritanopia#76172Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 33.7Indian red · ΔE 35.4Pale violetred · ΔE 36.5Maroon · ΔE 37.8Sienna · ΔE 38.4Dim grey · ΔE 40.3
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 33.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#216C53
Analogous#6C215F, #6C2E21
Triadic#3A6C21, #213A6C
Split complementary#216C2D, #21606C
Tetradic#606C21, #216C53, #2E216C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8819E
Lighter +30%#CC5A80
Lighter +20%#BA3964
Lighter +10%#932D4F
Darker −10%#451525
Darker −20%#1E0910
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7E0F34
Less saturated −25%#5A3340

Channel breakdown

R108
G33
B58
Red108 (42.4%)
Green33 (12.9%)
Blue58 (22.7%)
Hue340°
Saturation (HSL)53.19%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6C · G 21 · B 3A

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