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Recognised as Colour

#6E5A4F

  • #6E5A4F
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#6E5A4F is a orange with RGB values 110, 90, 79 and HSL 21°, 16%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#6E5A4F#6E5A4F
HEX#6E5A4F
RGBrgb(110, 90, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.3529, 0.3098
RGB percentages43.1%, 35.3%, 31%
HSLhsl(21.3, 16.4%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21.3, 28.2%, 43.1%)
CMYK0%, 18.2%, 28.2%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,232,079
CSS custom property--colour: #6E5A4F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11192WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.48:1
Contrast with white6.48:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#91A5B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5F5C4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#64604Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#745757no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 12.2Gray · ΔE 17.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.9Slate grey · ΔE 25.3Rosy brown · ΔE 26.2Light slate grey · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 12.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4F636E
Analogous#6E4F53, #6E6A4F
Triadic#4F6E5A, #5A4F6E
Split complementary#4F6E6A, #4F546E
Tetradic#536E4F, #4F636E, #6A4F6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CEC2BB
Lighter +30%#B9A79D
Lighter +20%#A38C80
Lighter +10%#8C7264
Darker −10%#50423A
Darker −20%#332924
Darker −30%#15110F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#865337
Less saturated −25%#5F5F5F

Channel breakdown

R110
G90
B79
Red110 (43.1%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue21.29°
Saturation (HSL)16.4%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6E · G 5A · B 4F

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