Recognised as Colour

#6C2314

#6C2314
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#6C2314 is a red with RGB values 108, 35, 20 and HSL 10°, 69%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6C2314

RGBrgb(108, 35, 20)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.1373, 0.0784

RGB percentages42.4%, 13.7%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(10.2, 68.8%, 25.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.2, 81.5%, 42.4%)

CMYK0%, 67.6%, 81.5%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,086,868

CSS custom property--colour: #6C2314;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.12:1

Contrast with white11.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#93DCEB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#383112no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#4A4111no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Tritanopia#770F20no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 19.5 Maroon · ΔE 19.9 Sienna · ΔE 20.8 Brown · ΔE 22.2 Dark red · ΔE 24.3 Firebrick · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 19.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#145D6C

Analogous#6C1431, #6C4F14

Triadic#146C23, #23146C

Split complementary#146C4F, #14316C

Tetradic#316C14, #145D6C, #4F146C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E37E69

Lighter +30%#DB593E

Lighter +20%#C23F24

Lighter +10%#97311C

Darker −10%#41150C

Darker −20%#160704

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C1804

Less saturated −25%#5C2E24

Channel breakdown

R108

G35

B20

Red108 (42.4%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue10.23°

Saturation (HSL)68.75%

Lightness25.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6C · G 23 · B 14

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