Recognised as Colour

#6C6659

#6C6659
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#6C6659 is a orange with RGB values 108, 102, 89 and HSL 41°, 10%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

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HEX#6C6659

RGBrgb(108, 102, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.4, 0.349

RGB percentages42.4%, 40%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(41.1, 9.6%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(41.1, 17.6%, 42.4%)

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 17.6%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,104,089

CSS custom property--colour: #6C6659;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.7:1

Contrast with white5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#9399A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#696658no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#6B6759no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#6F6462no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 8.3 Gray · ΔE 13.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.6 Slate grey · ΔE 21.1 Light slate grey · ΔE 23.1 Rosy brown · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#595F6C

Analogous#6C5D59, #686C59

Triadic#596C66, #66596C

Split complementary#59686C, #5D596C

Tetradic#596C5D, #595F6C, #6C5968

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CECAC3

Lighter +30%#B7B2A7

Lighter +20%#A0998B

Lighter +10%#888070

Darker −10%#504C42

Darker −20%#34312B

Darker −30%#181714

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#856F40

Less saturated −25%#626262

Channel breakdown

R108

G102

B89

Red108 (42.4%)

Green102 (40%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue41.05°

Saturation (HSL)9.64%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6C · G 66 · B 59

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