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Recognised as Colour

#6E223C

  • #6E223C
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#6E223C is a red with RGB values 110, 34, 60 and HSL 339°, 53%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#6E223C#6E223C
HEX#6E223C
RGBrgb(110, 34, 60)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.1333, 0.2353
RGB percentages43.1%, 13.3%, 23.5%
HSLhsl(339.5, 52.8%, 28.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(339.5, 69.1%, 43.1%)
CMYK0%, 69.1%, 45.5%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,217,724
CSS custom property--colour: #6E223C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04785WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.73:1
Contrast with white10.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#91DDC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#32343Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#46433Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Tritanopia#78182Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 33.7Indian red · ΔE 35Pale violetred · ΔE 35.8Maroon · ΔE 38Sienna · ΔE 38.5Dim grey · ΔE 40.4
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 33.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#226E54
Analogous#6E2262, #6E2E22
Triadic#3C6E22, #223C6E
Split complementary#226E2E, #22626E
Tetradic#626E22, #226E54, #2E226E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D983A1
Lighter +30%#CD5C83
Lighter +20%#BC3A67
Lighter +10%#952E51
Darker −10%#471627
Darker −20%#200A12
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#801036
Less saturated −25%#5C3442

Channel breakdown

R110
G34
B60
Red110 (43.1%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue60 (23.5%)
Hue339.47°
Saturation (HSL)52.78%
Lightness28.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6E · G 22 · B 3C

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