Recognised as Colour

#6E2F25

#6E2F25
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#6E2F25 is a red with RGB values 110, 47, 37 and HSL 8°, 50%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#6E2F25

RGBrgb(110, 47, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.1843, 0.1451

RGB percentages43.1%, 18.4%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(8.2, 49.7%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.2, 66.4%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 57.3%, 66.4%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,221,029

CSS custom property--colour: #6E2F25;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.02:1

Contrast with white10.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#91D0DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3F3A24no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#4F4724no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original

Tritanopia#79232Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 22.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 23.1 Brown · ΔE 26.6 Maroon · ΔE 27.8 Indian red · ΔE 31 Dark red · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 22.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#25646E

Analogous#6E2540, #6E5425

Triadic#256E2F, #2F256E

Split complementary#256E54, #25406E

Tetradic#406E25, #25646E, #53256E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D79388

Lighter +30%#CA7062

Lighter +20%#BA503F

Lighter +10%#943F32

Darker −10%#481F18

Darker −20%#220E0B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#802213

Less saturated −25%#5C3C37

Channel breakdown

R110

G47

B37

Red110 (43.1%)

Green47 (18.4%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue8.22°

Saturation (HSL)49.66%

Lightness28.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 2F · B 25

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