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Recognised as Colour

#6E6559

  • #6E6559
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#6E6559 is a orange with RGB values 110, 101, 89 and HSL 34°, 11%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#6E6559#6E6559
HEX#6E6559
RGBrgb(110, 101, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.3961, 0.349
RGB percentages43.1%, 39.6%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(34.3, 10.6%, 39%)
HSV / HSBhsv(34.3, 19.1%, 43.1%)
CMYK0%, 8.2%, 19.1%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,234,905
CSS custom property--colour: #6E6559;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.72:1
Contrast with white5.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#919AA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#696558no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B6759no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#726362no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 8.3Gray · ΔE 13.2Slate grey · ΔE 21.3Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.3Light slate grey · ΔE 23.3Rosy brown · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 8.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59626E
Analogous#6E5B59, #6D6E59
Triadic#596E65, #65596E
Split complementary#596D6E, #5A596E
Tetradic#596E5B, #59626E, #6E596D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CFCAC4
Lighter +30%#B8B1A8
Lighter +20%#A2988B
Lighter +10%#8A7F70
Darker −10%#524B42
Darker −20%#36312B
Darker −30%#191715
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#876940
Less saturated −25%#646464

Channel breakdown

R110
G101
B89
Red110 (43.1%)
Green101 (39.6%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue34.29°
Saturation (HSL)10.55%
Lightness39.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6E · G 65 · B 59

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