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Recognised as Colour

#6C2505

  • #6C2505
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#6C2505 is a orange with RGB values 108, 37, 5 and HSL 19°, 91%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#6C2505#6C2505
HEX#6C2505
RGBrgb(108, 37, 5)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.1451, 0.0196
RGB percentages42.4%, 14.5%, 2%
HSLhsl(18.6, 91.2%, 22.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(18.6, 95.4%, 42.4%)
CMYK0%, 65.7%, 95.4%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,087,365
CSS custom property--colour: #6C2505;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04522WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness65.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.03:1
Contrast with white11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#93DAFA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3A3200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#4B4202no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Tritanopia#78111Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 14.3Maroon · ΔE 18.3Sienna · ΔE 18.5Dark red · ΔE 22.1Brown · ΔE 23.3Firebrick · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 14.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#054C6C
Analogous#6C0519, #6C5805
Triadic#056C25, #25056C
Split complementary#056C59, #05186C
Tetradic#196C05, #054C6C, #59056C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F67D47
Lighter +30%#F45B16
Lighter +20%#CD460A
Lighter +10%#9D3607
Darker −10%#3B1403
Darker −20%#0B0400
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#712300
Less saturated −25%#5E2A13

Channel breakdown

R108
G37
B5
Red108 (42.4%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue5 (2%)
Hue18.64°
Saturation (HSL)91.15%
Lightness22.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6C · G 25 · B 05

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