Recognised as Colour

#6E2B29

#6E2B29
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#6E2B29 is a red with RGB values 110, 43, 41 and HSL 2°, 46%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#6E2B29#6E2B29

HEX#6E2B29

RGBrgb(110, 43, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.1686, 0.1608

RGB percentages43.1%, 16.9%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(1.7, 45.7%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.7, 62.7%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 60.9%, 62.7%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,220,009

CSS custom property--colour: #6E2B29;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05203WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.29:1

Contrast with white10.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#91D4D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3C3828no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#4C4627no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Tritanopia#791F2Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 25.4 Brown · ΔE 26.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.8 Maroon · ΔE 28.5 Indian red · ΔE 30.7 Dark red · ΔE 32.8

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 25.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#296C6E

Analogous#6E294A, #6E4E29

Triadic#296E2B, #2B296E

Split complementary#296E4E, #294A6E

Tetradic#496E29, #296C6E, #4E296E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5908E

Lighter +30%#C76C69

Lighter +20%#B84845

Lighter +10%#933A37

Darker −10%#491C1B

Darker −20%#240E0D

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#811916

Less saturated −25%#5B3D3C

Channel breakdown

R110

G43

B41

Red110 (43.1%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue1.74°

Saturation (HSL)45.7%

Lightness29.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 2B · B 29

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Colour harmonies

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