Recognised as Colour

#6D3424

#6D3424
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#6D3424 is a red with RGB values 109, 52, 36 and HSL 13°, 50%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#6D3424

RGBrgb(109, 52, 36)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.2039, 0.1412

RGB percentages42.7%, 20.4%, 14.1%

HSLhsl(13.2, 50.3%, 28.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(13.2, 67%, 42.7%)

CMYK0%, 52.3%, 67%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,156,772

CSS custom property--colour: #6D3424;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05835WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.69:1

Contrast with white9.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#92CBDB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#433D22no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#514923no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original

Tritanopia#782930no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 21.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.3 Brown · ΔE 28.6 Maroon · ΔE 29.4 Indian red · ΔE 32.2 Dark red · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 21.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#245D6D

Analogous#6D2439, #6D5924

Triadic#246D34, #34246D

Split complementary#246D58, #24396D

Tetradic#396D24, #245D6D, #59246D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D79886

Lighter +30%#CA7760

Lighter +20%#BA593D

Lighter +10%#934631

Darker −10%#472217

Darker −20%#200F0B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7F2A12

Less saturated −25%#5B3E36

Channel breakdown

R109

G52

B36

Red109 (42.7%)

Green52 (20.4%)

Blue36 (14.1%)

Hue13.15°

Saturation (HSL)50.34%

Lightness28.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6D · G 34 · B 24

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