Recognised as Colour

#6E2818

#6E2818
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#6E2818 is a red with RGB values 110, 40, 24 and HSL 11°, 64%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6E2818

RGBrgb(110, 40, 24)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.1569, 0.0941

RGB percentages43.1%, 15.7%, 9.4%

HSLhsl(11.2, 64.2%, 26.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.2, 78.2%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 63.6%, 78.2%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,219,224

CSS custom property--colour: #6E2818;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04899WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.61:1

Contrast with white10.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#91D7E7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B3516no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D4416no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original

Tritanopia#791825no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 18.9 Sienna · ΔE 19.8 Maroon · ΔE 21.6 Brown · ΔE 22.9 Dark red · ΔE 25.9 Indian red · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 18.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#185E6E

Analogous#6E1833, #6E5318

Triadic#186E28, #28186E

Split complementary#186E53, #18336E

Tetradic#336E18, #185E6E, #53186E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E08672

Lighter +30%#D76348

Lighter +20%#C2462A

Lighter +10%#983721

Darker −10%#44190F

Darker −20%#1A0A06

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7F1D07

Less saturated −25%#5D3329

Channel breakdown

R110

G40

B24

Red110 (43.1%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue24 (9.4%)

Hue11.16°

Saturation (HSL)64.18%

Lightness26.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 28 · B 18

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