Recognised as Colour

#6D2E27

#6D2E27
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#6D2E27 is a red with RGB values 109, 46, 39 and HSL 6°, 47%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#6D2E27

RGBrgb(109, 46, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.1804, 0.1529

RGB percentages42.7%, 18%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(6, 47.3%, 29%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6, 64.2%, 42.7%)

CMYK0%, 57.8%, 64.2%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,155,239

CSS custom property--colour: #6D2E27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.14:1

Contrast with white10.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#92D1D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3E3926no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D4726no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Tritanopia#78232Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 23.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 24.8 Brown · ΔE 27.3 Maroon · ΔE 28.7 Indian red · ΔE 31.3 Dark red · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 23.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#27666D

Analogous#6D2743, #6D5127

Triadic#276D2E, #2E276D

Split complementary#276D51, #27436D

Tetradic#436D27, #27666D, #51276D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5928B

Lighter +30%#C86F65

Lighter +20%#B84E42

Lighter +10%#933E34

Darker −10%#471E1A

Darker −20%#220E0C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7F1F15

Less saturated −25%#5A3D39

Channel breakdown

R109

G46

B39

Red109 (42.7%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue6°

Saturation (HSL)47.3%

Lightness29.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6D · G 2E · B 27

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Colour harmonies

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