Colour

#6E2225

#6E2225
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#6E2225 is a red with RGB values 110, 34, 37 and HSL 358°, 53%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6E2225

RGBrgb(110, 34, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.1333, 0.1451

RGB percentages43.1%, 13.3%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(357.6, 52.8%, 28.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.6, 69.1%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 69.1%, 66.4%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,217,701

CSS custom property--colour: #6E2225;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04593WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.95:1

Contrast with white10.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#91DDDA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#363225no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#494323no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Tritanopia#791124no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24.2 Maroon · ΔE 25.6 Sienna · ΔE 26.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 28 Dark red · ΔE 30.1 Indian red · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 24.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#226E6B

Analogous#6E224B, #6E4522

Triadic#256E22, #22256E

Split complementary#226E45, #224B6E

Tetradic#4B6E22, #226E6B, #45226E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D98387

Lighter +30%#CD5C61

Lighter +20%#BC3A3F

Lighter +10%#952E32

Darker −10%#471618

Darker −20%#200A0B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#801014

Less saturated −25%#5C3436

Channel breakdown

R110

G34

B37

Red110 (43.1%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue357.63°

Saturation (HSL)52.78%

Lightness28.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 22 · B 25

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