Recognised as Colour

#6E2718

#6E2718
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#6E2718 is a red with RGB values 110, 39, 24 and HSL 10°, 64%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#6E2718#6E2718

HEX#6E2718

RGBrgb(110, 39, 24)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.1529, 0.0941

RGB percentages43.1%, 15.3%, 9.4%

HSLhsl(10.5, 64.2%, 26.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.5, 78.2%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 64.5%, 78.2%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,218,968

CSS custom property--colour: #6E2718;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.68:1

Contrast with white10.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#91D8E7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B3416no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#4C4416no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Tritanopia#791624no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 19.3 Sienna · ΔE 20.1 Maroon · ΔE 21.3 Brown · ΔE 22.6 Dark red · ΔE 25.6 Firebrick · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 19.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#185F6E

Analogous#6E1834, #6E5218

Triadic#186E27, #27186E

Split complementary#186E52, #18346E

Tetradic#346E18, #185F6E, #52186E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E08572

Lighter +30%#D76148

Lighter +20%#C2452A

Lighter +10%#983621

Darker −10%#44180F

Darker −20%#1A0906

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7F1C07

Less saturated −25%#5D3229

Channel breakdown

R110

G39

B24

Red110 (43.1%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue24 (9.4%)

Hue10.47°

Saturation (HSL)64.18%

Lightness26.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 27 · B 18

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#6E2718

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else